Course Schedule: Unit 1 (weeks 1-6)
*An important note about the readings: almost all readings for this course will be made available electronically. Readings listed on the schedule bulleted in black can be found by clicking on the BUTTON to the left, which takes you to a dropbox folder. Readings bulleted in blue are linked to the web.
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Fair Warning! If you choose to read these texts electronically that is super, but this course requires that you print out, annotate, and bring hard copies of DROPBOX readings to class on the date they are due on the course schedule. If you have any of the books for the required reading from this course, then bring the book(s) on the day that the reading is due. Failure to annotate and bring readings to class could result in dire consequences in terms of the effect on your final grade in the course. Happy Reading! :)
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Week one: Jan 21 - 23Please read the following (by Thur):
Week two: Jan 28 - 30Please read the following (by Tue):
Come to class having printed, read and annotated Alexander's "Introduction" The New Jim Crow. This interview took place on the Colbert Report 5/8/2012
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Hint for academic success: when readings are listed for a given day, that means to show up at class having read them. |
week three: Feb 5 - 6
Tue Feb 4
Come to class having printed, read, and annotated:
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Thur Feb 6
Read:
Select a text from the class that relates broadly to the theme of prisons to rhetorically analyze for draft one of the unit 1 assignment. You will begin writing the draft in class.
Here is the assignment sheet for essay 1 |
week 4: Feb 11-13
Tue Feb 11
Read: Summarize the argument in this video interview with John Oliver in Last Week Tonight and work to distinguish what rhetorical strategies the speakers use (also use Covino to guide you in writing this).
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Thur Feb 13
Bring Your Laptop to class today! I will grant you writing time. Don't forget your earbuds if it will help you stay focused on your work! Read: a New York Times movie review of The House I Live In, directed by Eugene Jarecki |
Week 5: feb 18-20
Conferences - regular classes canceled
Week 6: FEB 25-27
Tue, Feb 25
Please Bring the Following to Class in a Pocket Folder:
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Thur, Feb 26
Meet in the Library 138 during class time!! |
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Other images on this site from @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. See also: Dragons, Legos, and Solitary: Ai Weiwei's Transformative Alcatraz Exhibition.
Other images on this site from @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. See also: Dragons, Legos, and Solitary: Ai Weiwei's Transformative Alcatraz Exhibition.