TCC M/W 1101 Syllabus
Week 1 (August 25-29)
M: Introductions.
W: Review and discuss syllabus.
Week 2 (September 1-5)
M: Labor Day. No class.
W: Reading #1. Amiri Baraka
"Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note"
(Dr. Nesbitt). CLAST in-class essay.
Week 3 (September 8-12)
M: CLAST English Language Skills test in-class #1. Exercise #1 Four things.
W: Reading #2 Plato "Allegory of the Cave" (689). Discuss Paper #1 Definition Essay (Dr. Nesbitt) .
Week 4 (September 15-19)
M: Reading #3 Whitman "Astronomer" (560), Thomas "Do Not Go"(703), and Frost "Road" (701) (Dr. Nesbitt).
W: Reading #4 Yeats "Second Coming" (705) and Reading #5 Eliot "Prufrock" (75) (Dr. Nesbitt).
Here are some things to keep in mind as you start thinking about the first paper:
workshop questions
Cliches to Avoid
Week 5 (September 22-26)
M: Exercise #2. Post a tentative introductory paragraph on the board along with your questions and considerations for the reader. Respond to at least three of the theses. If you have time, respond to more.
W: Reading #6 O'Brien "Combat Zone" (653) (Dr. Nesbitt) and Reading #7 O'Brien "The Things They Carried" (Dr. Nesbitt).
Week 6 (September 29-October 1)
M: Exercise #3. Post a rough draft of your essay on the board along with your questions and considerations for the reader. Pick a partner. Each of you will respond to the other's essay. If you have time, respond to more.
W: Reading #8 Gilman "Yellow Wallpaper" (58) (Dr. Nesbitt).
Week 7 (October 6-10)
M: Essay #1 due. Reading #9
Martin Luther King Jr."Letter from Birmingham Jail" (Dr. Nesbitt).
W: Exercise #4 Conflict. Discuss Paper #2 Argument Essay.
Week 8 (October 13-17)
M: Exercise #5. Post a tentative introductory paragraph on the board along with your questions and considerations for the reader. Respond to at least three of the theses. If you have time, respond to more.
W: Reading #10 Kozol "Illiterate Society" (152)(James and Valeeka) and Reading #11 Henry "Elitism" (171) (Pam and Tasha).
Week 9 (October 20-24)
M: Exercise #6. Post a rough draft of your essay on the board along with your questions and considerations for the reader. Pick a partner. Each of you will respond to the other's essay. If you have time, respond to more.
W: Reading #12 Hirschberg "Advertising" (214) (Tony and Chris Wiborg) and Reading #13 Atwood "Pornography" (228) (Ralph and Mehret).
Week 10 (October 27-31)
M: Reading #14 Carver "Love" (233) (Jeremy and Sean) and Reading #15 Schor "Consumerism" (252) Matthew Mitchell and Calvin). Essay #2 due.
W: Reading #16 Chernin "Devil" (280) (William and Matthew Salles) and Reading #17 MLK Jr."I Have a Dream" (446) (Jason and Charles).
Discuss essay #3 Interpretive Essay about Literature and integrating sources.
Week 11 (November 3-7)
M: Exercise #7. Post a tentative introductory paragraph on the board along with your questions and considerations for the reader. Respond to at least three of the theses. If you have time, respond to more.
W: Reading #18 Grunewald "Monsters" (533) (Edward and Brianne) and Reading #19 Eco "Cellular Phone" (538) (Dennis and Stephen Massengale). Exercise #9 MLA citation.
Week 12 (November 10-14)
M: Class as usual.
W: Exercise #10. Post a rough draft of your essay on the board along with your questions and considerations for the reader. Pick a partner. Each of you will respond to the other's essay. If you have time, respond to more.
Week 13 (November 17-21)
M: Reading #20 Lurie "Clothes" (205) (Christina Stewart and Megan) and Reading #21 Douglass "Write" (147) (Mibhar).
W: Reading #22 Slater "Addictiveness" (286) (Jesse and Steven Fuentes) and Reading #23 Chopin "Baby" (298) (Jude and Chris Parrish). Essay #3 due.
Week 14 (November 24-28)
M: Reading #24 Jim Carroll
"I Shot a Deer" and "A Child" (Chris Moore and Eric Reves).
W: Discuss Final in-class essay. CLAST English Language Skills test in-class #2.
Week 15 (December 1-5)
M: Final in-class essay.
W: Final in-class essay.
Week 16 (December 8-12)
Finals Week (No class)