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- Nancy Mairs. "On Being a Scientific Booby." In Writing Nature, pp. 230-235.
- Rachel Carson. "The Changing Year." In Writing Nature, pp. 149-155.
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- Autobiographical sketch due at start of class.
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- 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.
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- Exercise 1a due at start of class
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- 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.
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- "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.
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- Exercise 1b due at start of class.
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- Email response to Exercise 1b.
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- "Developing the Paragraph." In Writing Nature, pp. 142-145.
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- First version of Essay #1 (5 copies) due at start of class.
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- "Case Study: A Student's Personal Essay." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 106-113.
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- Written comments (2 copies) due at start of class.
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- Cadillac Desert" (video).
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- Final version of Essay #1 due at start of class.
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- "Arguing." In Writing Nature, pp. 487-516.
- Selections from "Readings: Conflicts of Interest." In Writing Nature, pp. 528-540.
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- "Cadillac Desert" (video).
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- Marc Reisner. "Unleash the Rivers" (accessible via ProQuest) and other general articles concerning water use conflicts.
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- Exercise 2a due at start of class.
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- Opposing points of view on specific water conflict.
- "The Precis." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 428-430.
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- Exercise 2b (3 copies) due at start of class.
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- Animal rights readings. In Writing Nature, pp. 541-555.
- Writing Worth Reading, pp. 91-98 and 114-131.
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- "Making the Argument." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 152-170.
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- First version of Essay #2 (5 copies) due at start of class.
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- Written comments (2 copies) due at start of class.
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- Final version of Essay #2 due at start of class.
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- Student-led discussion of chapters in Silent Spring.
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- Rachel Carson. Silent Spring, pp. 1-127.
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- Writing Worth Reading, skim pp. 333-352.
- "Reading and Taking Notes." Read pp. 355-362.
- Independent research for your own paper.
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- Exercise 3a due at start of class.
- Bring in copy of article or chapter (see ex. assignment).
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- Exercise workshop in class.
- Discussion of plagiarism.
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- "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.
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- Exercise 3b due at start of class.
- Bring in copy of second article or chapter.
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- 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.
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- Exercise 3c due at start of class.
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- Exercise 3c returned.
- Oral presentations.
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- Research for your own paper.
- "Writing a First Draft." In Writing Worth Reading, pp. 365-372.
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- Research for your own paper.
- Rachel Carson. Silent Spring, pp. 276-297.
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- First version of Paper #3 (5 copies) due at start of class.
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- Written comments (2 copies) due at start of class.
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- Advanced revision workshop.
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- Final version of Paper #3 due at start of class.
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- Reading and listening to favorite works.
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- Track down one of your favorite books, stories, or poems and select a passage or poem to read in class.
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- Optional revision of earlier paper due at start of class.
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