Contested Eden

On the Road, Day 8: Wednesday 2/15 or Thursday 2/16

Read:

VL: Clinchers in Essay 1

WL: Proofreading and Editing Paper #1

 

Write:

Paper #1, Complete Revision (1200+words): Revise your entire essay for depth of analysis, style, and clarity.

On the Road: Day 7 (Monday 2/13 or Tuesday 2/14)

Read:

• Reader 38-46: Rawls / “California: A People, A Place, A Dream”
  • Rawls works from a definition of paradox that refers to an apparent contradiction which, upon further reflection (or over time) resolves itself into something that makes sense (or in Rawls' argument is a positive). As you read Rawls' essay ask yourself if you agree with his understanding of California's paradoxes.

• WL: Subordination

Write:

• Paper 1, Draft #3 (1200 words):
  Revise / Expand existing paragraphs+works cited / draft conclusion

On the Road Day 6: Wednesday 8 February or Thursday 9 February

Read / View

Web Lecture: Coordination

Video Lecture: Insourcing

 

Write

Paper 1, Draft #2  (800 words): Revise / Expand existing paragraphs+works cited / draft new paragraphs

Always bring a print out of your work to class to submit!

On the Road, Day 5: Monday 2/6 or Tuesday 2/7

Read:

Course Reader 10-17: "All About Eden" / Allmendinger

View

We have two short video lectures to view this week. The first shares strategy for composing strong focus sentences:

     

The second shares ideas for developing your paragraphs with effective support.

 Write

Paper #1, First Draft (500 words): Continue revising your intro and works cited page and draft at least one body paragraph.

On the Road: Day 3: Mon 1/30 or Tuesday 2/1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same Old Paradise, Alexis Smith, 1987

Read:

• Reader 1-9 Starr / "California a Dream" / Use C-TEQ annotation technique

• Web Lecture: Find Art for Essay #1
  Note: to view this lecture you will be asked for a user name (california) and password (dreamer)

• Video Lecture: Finding Art for Essay #1
  This video is long--more than twenty minutes. Try watching it in chunks and do not worry about watching it if you are comfortable with how the material is presented in the web lecture. This video pretty much just walks through how to use all of the different links and features presented in the web lecture. I think it is worth watching because it shows you so many tool and so many different artistic images, but listening to it for 24 minutes is pretty rough. Spend a little time with it, decide if it is helpful and then only come back if you need to.

 

• Web Lecture: Drafting a Works Cited Page, Part !
  

Write:

• Identify two dreams that you would might like to write about

• Find at least two pieces of art for each dream and bring copies of that art to class (images, photos, song lyrics, etc.)

 

Remember: If you do not bring your art to class, you will not receive credit for the assignment.

 

On the Road: Day 2 / January 25 or 26

Preparing for Class on Wednesday (Section 1739) or Thursday (Section 2678)

 

1. Read the course syllabus carefully--we will discuss it and answer some quiz questions in class)

2. Listen to Jerry Brown's State of the State address

 

And here is the address in text and video format: California on the Mend

On the index cards I distributed in class, jot down three quotes from the Gov’s speech in which invokes the language of California’s dreams and realities. On the back of each card, discuss whether you agree with Brown about these ideas.

 

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