Moorpark English M02: 2012 Reading List

Required Texts

• Joy, Anna. We Are America: a Thematic Reader and Guide to Writing. Thomson, 2005. aka WAA
• Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow. New York: Tor, 1999. aka ES
• Silverman, Hughes and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. 8th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill.

Readings from We Are America (WAA) and Handouts (HO)

• Personal Narratives
  • WAA. Godwin, Gale. "The Watcher at the Gates."
  • HO: William Least Heat Moon. "West Texas."
  • Sedaris, David. "Me Talk Pretty One Day."

• Tentative Readings for rhetorical analysis paper:
  • Linnea Saukko. "How to Poison Earth." HO
  • Robert Heilbroner. "Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments." (372) WAA
  • Choose one article from Examining Stereotypes (chap 14) WAA
  • Choose one article from Culture and Identity (chap 13) WAA
  • Shaheen, Jack. "The Media's Image of Arabs" HO

• Ender's Shadow discussion questions

  Substitutions and other readings will be announced in class.

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