Fall 2011 Full-Semester
Calendar of
Owen Williamson, MA, Instructor
Instructor reserves the right to modify calendar to meet the needs of the class.
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Fall 2011 Full-Semester
Calendar of
Owen Williamson, MA, Instructor Instructor reserves the right to modify calendar to meet the needs of the class.
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Textbook: Opening Doors |
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Week 1 Aug 22-26 |
Chapter 2 |
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Assignments
Reading: The Declining Demand for Men In class assignments:
Resource on education. (NY Times)
Resource: News from Libya (NY Times)
Respond to "I Hate Reading" Post response via class dropbox.
Do Welcome Survey.
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Week 2 Aug 29- Sept 2
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Chapter 3 |
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Resource: New York Times article on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy.
Read: A Dozen Things You Can Do On Your Own to Improve Your Reading
In-class assignment: Write your own "Dozen Ways to Improve Your Own Reading Without Really Trying." Selection: Bosses Checking Up on Workers via Facebook. Summarize.
Discuss Wu Wei--"non-effort," and reading.
Professionalization: Start to become the pro that you want to be!
How to drop a course--please don't, but if you must, do it this way! Course Drop Form.
Resource: English Language Problems Resource: Sample First Sentences
In-class assignment:
Tentative: do above exercise in pairs.
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Week 3 Sept. 6-9 |
Chapter 4 |
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Labor Day, Sept. 5. UTEP CLOSED.
Selection: Article on jobs crisis for young people, from New York Times. . In-class assignment: Summary practice on "Why Men Cheat" by Constance Holden.
In-class assignment: Your Personal Reading Map.
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Week 4 Sept. 12-16 |
Chapter 4 cont'd |
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View Response PowerPoint
Reading 4: Respond to selection: on "Trolls," from the New York Times.
Alt: Respond to selection on poverty from WSJ.
Selection from Women and Self-Harm, by Smith, Cox and Saradjian. Click on "Look inside" and read available selection from Chapter 1. Alternative: Selection: from Beginning to Heal, by Bass and Davis. Click on "Look inside" and read "Healing is possible" up to page 6.
In class assignment: Respond to "I Hate Reading." with what your own parent or guardian might respond to you if you wrote something like this. OR, if you are an adult student, write what you would respond if your own college-age son or daughter wrote something like this.
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Week 5 Sept 19-23
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Chapter 5 |
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Selection: The Conscience of a Hacker
Selection: from Science Magazine: "Caudate Over Heels in Love." Alternate selection: "The Species Problem" (Note: Links work only on UTEP campus computers)
Summary Paragraph due
In class exercise: Analyze and respond to "History." Alt selection: Jan Hendrik Schön Loses His Ph.D.
Resource: The Supermassive Black Hole at the Galactic Center.(Read Abstract, Introduction, and Sections 3.1 and 3.2. (pps 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9). Browse illustrations in section 2. Link may work only on UTEP campus computers.)
In-class: Analysis practice: Allowing Native Language in School Benefits Mexican-American Students, MU Researcher Finds
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Week 6 Sept 26-30
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Chapter 5 cont'd. |
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Analysis practice: Resource:
Wed., Sept. 28th/Thurs, Sept. 29.
Meet at library for walk-through.
Analysis practice: Resource: College and new media article from NY Times.
Tentative: Return to A Dozen Things You Can Do On Your Own to Improve Your Reading
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Week 7 Oct 3-7
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Chapter 6 |
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Selection: Time Travel (read up to page 9).
Resource: Leadership
In class analysis practice. Resource: L A Joins the Movement and
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Week 8 Oct 10-14
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Chapter 7 |
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New York Times article on scent.
Resource: Occupy El Paso report Resource: A real-world response from Townhall.com Alt. Resource: Winning the Class War
Reader response: The dark side Resource: Letter to an American GI
Resource: To be distributed in class. selection for:.
Resource on family problems: "The Tethered Generation," by Kathryn Tyler. Alt. resource: Helicopter Moms
In-class: Analysis practice Reverse outline of novel.
Resource: Dinosaur Feathers
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Freshmen mid-term grades due to the Records Office 12 Oct |
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Week 9 Oct 17-21 |
Chapter 8 |
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Oral reading and auditory learning styles: Resource: Fremont Resource: History's Blood-Dimmed Tide How to Write a Reader Response--The Basics Resource: Penn researchers develop new technique for filling gaps in fossil record Alt. Resource: All girls and all boys schools Hints: Avoiding Errors in a Response. In class: Reader response practice. |
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Week 10 Oct 24-28
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Chapter 8 cont'd. |
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Alternative selection for Journal: Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity?
PowerPoint: How to do a response and avoid common errors.
Resource: Human Eggs (Link only works on UTEP computers)
In class: Reader response practice: Respond to selection. Resource: Article on Human/Animal Chimeras
Resource: Article on HPV vaccine controversy.
Resource: NY Times article on mixed families.
Resource:
Resource: The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow? Maybe Not
Course drop deadline Oct. 28
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Week 11 Oct 31-Nov 4
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Chapter 9 |
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Finding what is not said in the text: Resource: Taking one for the team. (May work only on UTEP campus computers).
ISARC format for responses (a guide)
Alt resource: Laundry Lint Pollutes the World's Oceans. (May work only on UTEP campus computers).
Alt. resouce: Global Warming article
In-class response practice. Alt resource: Article from Wall Street Journal on Chinese mothers.
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Week 12 Nov 7-11
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Chapter 9 cont'd |
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Resource: Rapalje Resource: Chicago Tribune article on young vs old. Alt resource: NY Times article on students.
Resource: Life on Mars Alt. resource: Flags in Libya
Resource: What killed ice-age beasts? Alt resource: Mastodon Hunting 13,800 Years Ago Alt. resource: Modern Humans' First European Tour
How to read Poetry: Resource: Dulce et Decorum Est Resource: Attack
Freshman registration begins Nov. 11 |
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Week 13 Nov 14-18 |
Chapter 10 |
Resource: How to Get a Husband.
Resource: Couple Hit With Fines for Holding a Bible Study in their Home. Alt resource: Bleak Prospects for Avoiding Dangerous Global Warming
Tentative: Peer review of Reader Response Essay.
In-class: Practice for Final Exam: Letter of Claudius to the Alexandrians.
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Week 14 Nov 21-23 |
Chapter 10 cont'd |
In class: Practice for Final Exam Due: Reader Response Essay final draft. Thanksgiving holiday Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25.
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Week 15 Nov 28-Dec 1 |
Chapter 11 |
Last day of classes and complete withdrawal from the University 1 Dec All Journals due last regular class session!
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Week 16 Dec 5-9 |
ENGL 0310 Final exam 7:00-9:45 am, Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Education 202. |
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You should expect to spend SIX to NINE HOURS every week outside of the classroom working on this class (online, researching, discussing, writing, and most of all, reading). If you are not willing to devote this amount of time on the course, you cannot expect to do well.
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