| English 1, Section 4643, Room 701, TTh 9:30-10:50 a.m. |
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| General Info |
Syllabus |
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Particles & Fields |
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Verb Tenses |
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Conjunctions & Punctuation |
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| Week 1 |
Assignments |
Beginning Wednesday, 1/18/2006 |
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Handout |
Neil Postman's "Parable of Ring Around the Collar" |
| Week 2 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 1/23/2006 |
| Week 3 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 1/30/2006 |
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Handout |
Using cause and effect to create a thesis |
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Handout |
Essay construction |
| Week 4 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 2/6/2006 |
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Reference |
Verb Tenses |
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Paper Topics |
Paper 3 Topics |
| Week 5 |
Assignments |
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Reference |
Conjunctions & Punctuation |
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Final Paper Topics |
Final Paper 3 Topics |
| Week 6 |
Assignments |
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Education Pays |
Paper on the socioeconomic benefits of education |
| Week 7 |
Assignments |
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Transitional Expressions |
Paragraphs & Transitional Expressions |
| Week 8 |
Assignments |
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Article-response Process |
Some steps you can take when responding to an article or passage |
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NY Times Article |
Recovering extinct Native-American languages |
| Week 9 |
Assignments |
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Erik Erikson |
Eight stages of development |
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Sherman Alexie |
"Indian Education" |
| Week 10 |
Assignments |
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Comparison & Contrast |
Guidelines for using compare & contrast |
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David Sedaris |
Remembering My Childhood . . . |
| Week 11 |
Assignments |
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Evolution |
From the Big Bang to the Big Brain |
| Week 12 |
Assignments |
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Small Wonders |
Three-Way Switch and Art |
| Week 13 |
Spring Break! |
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| Week 14 |
Assignments |
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Morality |
Roger Scruton's philosphy |
| Week 15 |
Assignments |
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| Week 16 |
Assignments |
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Kristof on Abortion |
NY Times, Tuesday, May 1, 2006 |
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Fisher on Vatican & Condoms |
NY Times, Tuesday, May 1, 2006 |
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Tierney on Immigration |
NY Times, Tuesday, May 1, 2006 |
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Cohen on Justice Scalia |
NY Times, Tuesday, May 1, 2006 |
| Week 17 |
Assignments |
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