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CLASS # IN CLASS ACTIVITY READING WRITING
1
  • Introduction.
2
  • Nancy Mairs. "On Being a Scientific Booby." In Writing Nature, pp. 230-235.
  • Rachel Carson. "The Changing Year." In Writing Nature, pp. 149-155.
  • Autobiographical sketch due at start of class.
3
  • Amelia Hughart. "Looking Out." In Writing Nature, pp. 248-251.
  • Writing Worth Reading, pp. 66-68 and 193-194.
  • For additional writing advice, try Writing Nature, pp. 74-80.
  • Exercise 1a due at start of class
4
  • Return Exercise 1a.
  • Henry David Thoreau, Richard Wright, N. Scott, Momaday, Lewis Thomas. Writing Nature, pp. 93-111.
  • Ursula LeGuin. "A Very Warm Mountain." In Writing Nature, pp. 117-129.
5
  • "Rhetoric: Writing about Personal Experience." In Writing Nature, pp. 193-204.
  • David Quammen, "The Face of a Spider," and Alice Walker, "Am I Blue?" In Writing Nature, pp. 235-251.
  • Exercise 1b due at start of class.
6
  • Email response to Exercise 1b.
7
  • "Developing the Paragraph." In Writing Nature, pp. 142-145.
  • First version of Essay #1 (5 copies) due at start of class.
8
  • Essay workshop.
  • "Case Study: A Student's Personal Essay." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 106-113.
  • Written comments (2 copies) due at start of class.
9
  • Cadillac Desert" (video).
  • Final version of Essay #1 due at start of class.
10
  • "Arguing." In Writing Nature, pp. 487-516.
  • Selections from "Readings: Conflicts of Interest." In Writing Nature, pp. 528-540.
11
  • "Cadillac Desert" (video).
  • Marc Reisner. "Unleash the Rivers" (accessible via ProQuest) and other general articles concerning water use conflicts.
  • Exercise 2a due at start of class.
12
  • Exercise workshop.
  • Opposing points of view on specific water conflict.
  • "The Precis." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 428-430.
  • Exercise 2b (3 copies) due at start of class.
13
  • Exercise 2b returned.
  • Animal rights readings. In Writing Nature, pp. 541-555.
  • Writing Worth Reading, pp. 91-98 and 114-131.
14
  • "Making the Argument." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 152-170.
  • First version of Essay #2 (5 copies) due at start of class.
15
  • Essay workshop.
  • Written comments (2 copies) due at start of class.
16
  • Library session.
  • Final version of Essay #2 due at start of class.
17
  • Student-led discussion of chapters in Silent Spring.
  • Rachel Carson. Silent Spring, pp. 1-127.
18
  • Writing Worth Reading, skim pp. 333-352.
  • "Reading and Taking Notes." Read pp. 355-362.
  • Independent research for your own paper.
  • Exercise 3a due at start of class.
  • Bring in copy of article or chapter (see ex. assignment).
19
  • Exercise workshop in class.
  • Discussion of plagiarism.
  • "Documenting your sources." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 376-381.
  • "Suggesting Recurrent Themes." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 435-438.
  • Research for your own paper.
  • Exercise 3b due at start of class.
  • Bring in copy of second article or chapter.
20
  • Oral presentations.
  • Meg Stewart. "Dredging to Keep New York-New Jersey Harbor Alive." In The Earth Around Us. Edited by Jill Schneiderman, pp. 232-243.
  • Research for your own paper.
  • Exercise 3c due at start of class.
21
  • Exercise 3c returned.
  • Oral presentations.
  • Research for your own paper.
  • "Writing a First Draft." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 365-372.
22
  • Oral presentations.
  • Research for your own paper.
  • Rachel Carson. Silent Spring, pp. 276-297.
23
  • Oral presentations.
  • First version of Paper #3 (5 copies) due at start of class.
24
  • Essay workshop.
  • Written comments (2 copies) due at start of class.
25
  • Advanced revision workshop.
26
  • Style workshop.
  • Final version of Paper #3 due at start of class.
27
  • Reading and listening to favorite works.
  • Track down one of your favorite books, stories, or poems and select a passage or poem to read in class.
  • Optional revision of earlier paper due at start of class.