ENG 1000 - Schedule of Readings Note: You are required to attend a Library Tour by September 15. See here for a complete list of library tours. WEEK 1 (21-25 Aug) Monday Introduction – Syllabus Robert Louthan, "Heavy Machinery" (164) Wednesday My First Literary Crush: The books famous people loved in college. (Slate article online) "Reading Strategies" (Norton Field Guide 313-28) Friday Frederick Douglass, from Narrative of the Life... (235-9) Writing A Literacy Narrative (Norton Field Guide 21-38) Discussion of Paper 1 Assignment WEEK 2 (28 Aug - 1 Sept) Monday Library Day (tentative) Find a resource you think you might use during your college career. Wednesday Mike Rose, "I Just Wanna Be Average" (165-84) Friday Kruger and Dunning, "Unskilled and Unaware of It" (APA article online) WEEK 3 (4-8 Sept) Monday Labor Day: No Class Wednesday Theodore Sizer, "What High School Is" (85- 95) Michael Moffatt, "What College is REALLY Like" (292-308) Friday Peer Review: How-to "Getting Response and Revising" (Norton Field Guide 213-4) Paper 1 - Draft Due WEEK 4 (11-15 Sept) Monday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences Wednesday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences Friday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences WEEK 5 (18-22 Sept) Monday bell hooks, "Engaged Pedagogy" (67-73) Wednesday Paolo Freire, "The Banking Concept of Education" (74-85) Friday Thomas Merton, from Love and Living (on Blackboard) "Arguing a Position" (Norton Field Guide 93-102) Paper 1 Due WEEK 6 (25-29 Sept) Monday Mark Edmundson, "On the Uses of a Liberal Education: I. As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students" (126-140) Wednesday Earl Shorris, "On the Uses of a Liberal Education: II. As a Weapon in the Hands of a Restless Poor" (187-201) Friday Andrea Fishman, "Becoming Literate: A Lesson From the Amish" (140-9) WEEK 7 (2-6 Oct) Please note: I will be in Comprehensive Exams this week Monday The First Year Wednesday The First Year Friday A Touch of Greatness WEEK 8 (9-13 Oct) Monday Peer Review: How-To Wednesday Peer Review Paper 2 - Draft Due Friday Class Cancelled - Instructor at Conference WEEK 9 (16-20 Oct) Monday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences Wednesday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences Friday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences WEEK 10 (23-27 Oct) Monday Fun With Wikipedia Day: "Can History Be Open Source?" from The Journal of American History and "Know It All" from The New Yorker (You might also look at: "Internet encyclopaedias go head to head" from Nature) Wednesday Read MU General Education Requirements "Developing a Research Plan" (Norton Field Guide 331-9) Friday Paper 2 Due Class Cancelled - Instructor at Conference WEEK 10 (30 Oct - 3 Nov) Monday "Finding and Evaluating Sources" (Norton Field Guide 340-54) Guided Research Day Vote for six articles to be read during Unit Three Wednesday TBA Friday TBA Propose a tentative topic/area of inquiry (on Blackboard) WEEK 11 (6-10 Nov) Monday TBA Wednesday TBA Friday TBA WEEK 12 (13-17 Nov) Monday TBA Wednesday TBA Friday TBA Paper 3 - Draft Due WEEK 13 (20-24 Nov) THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS WEEK 14 (27 Nov - 1 Dec) Monday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences Wednesday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences Friday Scheduled Student Paper Conferences WEEK 15 (3-8 Dec) Monday Student Presentations Wednesday Student Presentations Friday Student Presentations Paper 3 Due

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