English 80
Course Calendar
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Unit One: More is better, right?
Guiding Question: What drives consumption and what are its impacts (both global and local)?
T 2/14 Introductions/ice-breakers; Syllabus Overview
Film: "The Story of Stuff" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM
New Assignments: Homework #1: SOS Film questions
(Please rewatch “The Story of Stuff” video at home to help you complete HW #1)
Th 2/16 SOS Film Questions review; Intro. to Close Reading; In-class timed writing (Reaction Paper #1); Introduction to MLA format
In-class Assignment: Reaction Paper #1
Assignments Due: Homework #1: “Story of Stuff” Film Questions
F 2/17 HOLIDAY--NO CLASS! :)
T 2/21 Reaction Paper #1: Self-analysis; SOS Discussion/Activities; Pre-Reading for “Discarded Factory”
Readings Due: Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff Introduction
Assignments Due: Story of Stuff Close-Reading Check
New Assignments: Homework #2: SOS reading questions
Th 2/23 “The Discarded Factory” Discussion/Activities Day 1; Thesis Statements
Readings Due: No Logo Chapter 9 “The Discarded Factory”
Assignments Due: Homework #2: SOS reading questions; “Discarded Factory” Close-Reading Check
New Assignments: Homework #4: “Discarded Factory” Reading Questions
F 2/24 (PLEASE BRING YOUR MLA HANDBOOKS!!) “The Discarded Factory” Discussion/Activities Day 2; Pre-Reading “Threats and Temps”
F 2/24 (LAB) MLA citations, Works Cited, Annotated Bibliographies Practicum
LAST DAY TO ADD—2/24
LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT A “W”—2/26
T 2/28 MLA citations, Works Cited, Annotated Bibliographies Practicum; Using quotes to answer reading questions; “Threats and Temps” Discussion/Activities Day 1
Readings Due: No Logo Chapter 10 “Threats and Temps”
Assignments Due: Homework #4: “Discarded Factory” Reading Questions
New Assignments: Homework #5: “Threats and Temps” Reading Questions
Th 3/2 CLASS CANCELED. Independent Assignment: Please complete the following:
1) Please watch the film Consuming Kids by clicking on the link or pasting the link in your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkei3KTh_vk
2) You should take 2-column reading notes on the film in your composition books. On the right side, record facts, statistics, and any other information you found important in the film. In the right hand column, jot down some reactions to the information and explain how the information in the film relates to consumerism and the other things we have been discussing in class.
3)Complete the film questions for Consuming Kids. You will turn them in on Friday.
New Assignments: Homework #7: Consuming Kids Film Questions
F 3/3 Consuming Kids Discussion/Activity; “Threats and Temps” Discussion/Activities Day 2
Assignments Due: Homework #7: Consuming Kids Film Questions
New Assignments: Reaction Paper #2: Hidden Costs
F 3/3 (LAB) Synthesizing multiple sources practicum (PEE/A Charts)
T 3/7 MLA Citations with Readings; Introductions and Sentence Summaries; In-class Reaction Paper #2
Assignments Due: Homework #5: “Threats and Temps” Reading Questions
Readings Due: “12 Hidden Tricks Advertisers Use to Sell You Stuff” by Liz Stinson Wired.com
https://www.wired.com/2014/06/5-hidden-visual-tricks-advertisers-use-to-sell-you/
New Assignments: Reaction Paper #3: Advertisement Analysis
Th 3/9 Prewriting/Prep for E1 (Bring all readings from Unit 1); Thesis statements and introductions; Source gathering and use
Assignments Due: Reaction #2 (may be hand written in MLA format)
New Assignments: E1 Assigned
F 3/10 Peer Review Intro; Lecture and practice: Integrating sources into your writing and PEE Charts (Bring all readings from Unit 1 to class)
Assignments Due: Introduction Paragraph for E1 (bring 4 copies)
F 3/10 (LAB) PEE Charts; Body paragraph practice integrating sources
T 3/14 Peer Review Body paragraphs; Read Introductions handout; Conclusions
Assignments Due: Revised Introduction Paragraph and 2 body paragraphs (Bring 3 copies); PEE Chart E1
New Readings: Writing Introductions Handout (In Class)
Th 3/16 Recognizing and Correcting Fragments; Peer Review complete draft of E1
Assignments Due: Complete draft of E1 (bring 3 copies)
Film: "The Story of Stuff" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM
New Assignments: Homework #1: SOS Film questions
(Please rewatch “The Story of Stuff” video at home to help you complete HW #1)
Th 2/16 SOS Film Questions review; Intro. to Close Reading; In-class timed writing (Reaction Paper #1); Introduction to MLA format
In-class Assignment: Reaction Paper #1
Assignments Due: Homework #1: “Story of Stuff” Film Questions
F 2/17 HOLIDAY--NO CLASS! :)
T 2/21 Reaction Paper #1: Self-analysis; SOS Discussion/Activities; Pre-Reading for “Discarded Factory”
Readings Due: Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff Introduction
Assignments Due: Story of Stuff Close-Reading Check
New Assignments: Homework #2: SOS reading questions
Th 2/23 “The Discarded Factory” Discussion/Activities Day 1; Thesis Statements
Readings Due: No Logo Chapter 9 “The Discarded Factory”
Assignments Due: Homework #2: SOS reading questions; “Discarded Factory” Close-Reading Check
New Assignments: Homework #4: “Discarded Factory” Reading Questions
F 2/24 (PLEASE BRING YOUR MLA HANDBOOKS!!) “The Discarded Factory” Discussion/Activities Day 2; Pre-Reading “Threats and Temps”
F 2/24 (LAB) MLA citations, Works Cited, Annotated Bibliographies Practicum
LAST DAY TO ADD—2/24
LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT A “W”—2/26
T 2/28 MLA citations, Works Cited, Annotated Bibliographies Practicum; Using quotes to answer reading questions; “Threats and Temps” Discussion/Activities Day 1
Readings Due: No Logo Chapter 10 “Threats and Temps”
Assignments Due: Homework #4: “Discarded Factory” Reading Questions
New Assignments: Homework #5: “Threats and Temps” Reading Questions
Th 3/2 CLASS CANCELED. Independent Assignment: Please complete the following:
1) Please watch the film Consuming Kids by clicking on the link or pasting the link in your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkei3KTh_vk
2) You should take 2-column reading notes on the film in your composition books. On the right side, record facts, statistics, and any other information you found important in the film. In the right hand column, jot down some reactions to the information and explain how the information in the film relates to consumerism and the other things we have been discussing in class.
3)Complete the film questions for Consuming Kids. You will turn them in on Friday.
New Assignments: Homework #7: Consuming Kids Film Questions
F 3/3 Consuming Kids Discussion/Activity; “Threats and Temps” Discussion/Activities Day 2
Assignments Due: Homework #7: Consuming Kids Film Questions
New Assignments: Reaction Paper #2: Hidden Costs
F 3/3 (LAB) Synthesizing multiple sources practicum (PEE/A Charts)
T 3/7 MLA Citations with Readings; Introductions and Sentence Summaries; In-class Reaction Paper #2
Assignments Due: Homework #5: “Threats and Temps” Reading Questions
Readings Due: “12 Hidden Tricks Advertisers Use to Sell You Stuff” by Liz Stinson Wired.com
https://www.wired.com/2014/06/5-hidden-visual-tricks-advertisers-use-to-sell-you/
New Assignments: Reaction Paper #3: Advertisement Analysis
Th 3/9 Prewriting/Prep for E1 (Bring all readings from Unit 1); Thesis statements and introductions; Source gathering and use
Assignments Due: Reaction #2 (may be hand written in MLA format)
New Assignments: E1 Assigned
F 3/10 Peer Review Intro; Lecture and practice: Integrating sources into your writing and PEE Charts (Bring all readings from Unit 1 to class)
Assignments Due: Introduction Paragraph for E1 (bring 4 copies)
F 3/10 (LAB) PEE Charts; Body paragraph practice integrating sources
T 3/14 Peer Review Body paragraphs; Read Introductions handout; Conclusions
Assignments Due: Revised Introduction Paragraph and 2 body paragraphs (Bring 3 copies); PEE Chart E1
New Readings: Writing Introductions Handout (In Class)
Th 3/16 Recognizing and Correcting Fragments; Peer Review complete draft of E1
Assignments Due: Complete draft of E1 (bring 3 copies)
Unit 2: What's wrong with fast food anyway?
Guiding Question: How has the modern American food industry evolved and what are its impacts?
F 3/17 Fragments Part 2; Film: Food Inc.
New Assignments: Homework #8: Revising for Fragments
New Assignments: Homework #9: Food Inc. Film Questions (Due Tuesday if not finished in class)
F 3/17 (LAB) Revising for fragments practicum
T 3/21 Food Inc. Discussion; Fast Food Nation discussion; Introduction to food issues
Readings Due: Fast Food Nation “Introduction” pp. 3-10 and Chapter 9 pp. 210-218 and 204-207
Assignments Due: Homework #9: Food Inc. Film Questions
New Assignments: Homework #10: Fast Food Nation “Introduction” Questions
Th 3/23 Ethos, Pathos and Logos; Give one/get one; Paraphrasing with FFN HW #10
Assignments Due: Final draft of E1 including Self-check list, Peer Review Worksheets and PEE chart;
F 3/24 CLASS CANCELED!!!!
Alternative Assignment: Complete Reaction #3
T 3/28 Reading Quiz #1: Fast Food Nation "Introduction"; Speed dating with Lappe;
Readings Due: “The Climate Crisis at the End of Our Fork” by Anna Lappé
Assignments Due: Reaction #3; Homework #10: Fast Food Nation “Introduction” Questions
New Assignments: Homework #11: “Climate Crisis” Reading questions
Th 3/30 Reading Quiz #2; Summarizing; pre-reading Eating Animals (bring to class!); Animal impacts of factory farming (Day 1)
Assignments Due: Homework #11: “Climate Crisis” Reading questions
F 3/31 HOLIDAY—NO CLASS! :)
T 4/4 Reading Quiz #3; Animal impacts of factory farming
Readings Due: Excerpt Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
New Assignments: Homework #12: Eating Animals Reading questions
Th 4/6 Animal impacts of factory farming (continued); Comparison/Contrast Pollan and Foer
Assignments Due: Homework #12: Eating Animals Reading questions
Readings Due: Omnivore’s Dilemma Ch. 17 “The Ethics of Eating Animals”
New Assignments: Homework #13: “Ethics” Reading questions
F 4/7 Reaction #4 (in-class writing); Slaughterhouse workers
Assignments Due: Homework #13: “Ethics” Reading questions
SPRING BREAK!! 4/10-4/14
T 4/18 Slaughterhouse Workers; Film: Wall-E
Assignments Due: Essay 1: Self-Reflection
Readings Due: Fast Food Nation Chapter 8 “The Most Dangerous Job”
Th 4/20 E2 Assigned; Library and research orientation
New Assignment: Research two additional sources for E2; Annotated Bibliography
F 4/21 Quiz: FFN Chapter 8; Wall-E
Assignments Due: Annotated Bibliography of two additional sources
T 4/25 Reading Quiz; Finish Wall-E; Affects of Industrialized Food System on workers and communities
Readings Due: “Life on $7.25 an Hour” by Alan Feuer
Fast Food Nation Chapter 3 “Behind the Counter” pp. 71-75 and pp. 83-87
Assignments Due: FFN Chapter 8 summary homework
New Assignments: Homework #14: Behind the Counter and Life on $7.25 Reading Questions
T 4/25 LAB Run-ons
Th 4/27 CLASS CANCELED!!!! Please complete the following 2 assignments:
1) In your journal, time yourself to complete a Freewrite for 20 minutes that addresses the following question: What are some the major impacts of the industrial food system?
2) Complete your PEE chart for Essay 2 (at least get your thesis and your evidence for body paragraph #1). Remember that you need to include one additional source that you will research independently! (See the Essays page for the prompt and guidelines for Essay 2.)
F 4/28 Finish "Cogs"; Introduction paragraph; Finish Wall-E
New Assignments: Homework #15: “Cogs” Reading questions
Assignments Due: Wall-E Film Questions; PEE chart
F 4/28 LAB Revising Practicum
T 5/2 Peer reviewing/revisions
Assignments Due: Homework #15: “Cogs” Reading questions; E2 Intro + 1 body paragraph (Bring 3 copies); Essay 2 Annotated Bibliography
Th 5/4 Peer Review E2 Complete Draft
Assignments Due: E2 Compelte Draft (bring 3 copies)
F 5/5 Film: Idiocracy
New Assignments: Homework #14: Idiocracy Film Questions
F 5/5 LAB Reaction Paper #5/6 Wall-E and Idiocracy as Social Satire (in-class)
F 3/17 Fragments Part 2; Film: Food Inc.
New Assignments: Homework #8: Revising for Fragments
New Assignments: Homework #9: Food Inc. Film Questions (Due Tuesday if not finished in class)
F 3/17 (LAB) Revising for fragments practicum
T 3/21 Food Inc. Discussion; Fast Food Nation discussion; Introduction to food issues
Readings Due: Fast Food Nation “Introduction” pp. 3-10 and Chapter 9 pp. 210-218 and 204-207
Assignments Due: Homework #9: Food Inc. Film Questions
New Assignments: Homework #10: Fast Food Nation “Introduction” Questions
Th 3/23 Ethos, Pathos and Logos; Give one/get one; Paraphrasing with FFN HW #10
Assignments Due: Final draft of E1 including Self-check list, Peer Review Worksheets and PEE chart;
F 3/24 CLASS CANCELED!!!!
Alternative Assignment: Complete Reaction #3
T 3/28 Reading Quiz #1: Fast Food Nation "Introduction"; Speed dating with Lappe;
Readings Due: “The Climate Crisis at the End of Our Fork” by Anna Lappé
Assignments Due: Reaction #3; Homework #10: Fast Food Nation “Introduction” Questions
New Assignments: Homework #11: “Climate Crisis” Reading questions
Th 3/30 Reading Quiz #2; Summarizing; pre-reading Eating Animals (bring to class!); Animal impacts of factory farming (Day 1)
Assignments Due: Homework #11: “Climate Crisis” Reading questions
F 3/31 HOLIDAY—NO CLASS! :)
T 4/4 Reading Quiz #3; Animal impacts of factory farming
Readings Due: Excerpt Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
New Assignments: Homework #12: Eating Animals Reading questions
Th 4/6 Animal impacts of factory farming (continued); Comparison/Contrast Pollan and Foer
Assignments Due: Homework #12: Eating Animals Reading questions
Readings Due: Omnivore’s Dilemma Ch. 17 “The Ethics of Eating Animals”
New Assignments: Homework #13: “Ethics” Reading questions
F 4/7 Reaction #4 (in-class writing); Slaughterhouse workers
Assignments Due: Homework #13: “Ethics” Reading questions
SPRING BREAK!! 4/10-4/14
T 4/18 Slaughterhouse Workers; Film: Wall-E
Assignments Due: Essay 1: Self-Reflection
Readings Due: Fast Food Nation Chapter 8 “The Most Dangerous Job”
Th 4/20 E2 Assigned; Library and research orientation
New Assignment: Research two additional sources for E2; Annotated Bibliography
F 4/21 Quiz: FFN Chapter 8; Wall-E
Assignments Due: Annotated Bibliography of two additional sources
T 4/25 Reading Quiz; Finish Wall-E; Affects of Industrialized Food System on workers and communities
Readings Due: “Life on $7.25 an Hour” by Alan Feuer
Fast Food Nation Chapter 3 “Behind the Counter” pp. 71-75 and pp. 83-87
Assignments Due: FFN Chapter 8 summary homework
New Assignments: Homework #14: Behind the Counter and Life on $7.25 Reading Questions
T 4/25 LAB Run-ons
Th 4/27 CLASS CANCELED!!!! Please complete the following 2 assignments:
1) In your journal, time yourself to complete a Freewrite for 20 minutes that addresses the following question: What are some the major impacts of the industrial food system?
2) Complete your PEE chart for Essay 2 (at least get your thesis and your evidence for body paragraph #1). Remember that you need to include one additional source that you will research independently! (See the Essays page for the prompt and guidelines for Essay 2.)
F 4/28 Finish "Cogs"; Introduction paragraph; Finish Wall-E
New Assignments: Homework #15: “Cogs” Reading questions
Assignments Due: Wall-E Film Questions; PEE chart
F 4/28 LAB Revising Practicum
T 5/2 Peer reviewing/revisions
Assignments Due: Homework #15: “Cogs” Reading questions; E2 Intro + 1 body paragraph (Bring 3 copies); Essay 2 Annotated Bibliography
Th 5/4 Peer Review E2 Complete Draft
Assignments Due: E2 Compelte Draft (bring 3 copies)
F 5/5 Film: Idiocracy
New Assignments: Homework #14: Idiocracy Film Questions
F 5/5 LAB Reaction Paper #5/6 Wall-E and Idiocracy as Social Satire (in-class)
Unit 3: Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?
Guiding Question: What are the effects of American consumer capitalism on medicine and health outcomes?
Guiding Question: What are the effects of American consumer capitalism on medicine and health outcomes?
T 5/9 Reaction Paper #5 (in-class)
Assignments Due: Homework #15: Idiocracy Film Questions
Th 5/11 Film: Sicko Intro. to healthcare issues
Readings Due: Overdosed America by John Abramson Chapter 6: "American Medicine's Perfect Storm: A Brief History”
New Assignments: Homework #16: OA Ch. 6 Questions
F 5/12 Reading quiz Overdosed America Chapters 6 and 7; In-class reflection on Essay 2
Readings Due: OA Chapter 7: "The Commercial Takeover of Medical Knowledge”; Overdosed America Chapter 6
Assignments Due: Film questions for Sicko; PEE Chart for E2; E2 Checklist; E2 Final Draft due by 11:59 pm via Turn It In! on the Course Website
New Assignments: Homework #16: OA Ch. 6 Questions; Homework #17: OA Ch. 7 Questions
F 5/12 LAB Paraphrase Practice with Homework 16 and 17
LAST DAY TO DROP WITH A “W”—5/12
T 5/16 Advertising and Medicine
Readings Due: OA Chapter 10: "Direct-to-Consumer: Advertising, Public Relations, and the Medical News”
Assignments Due: Homework #16: OA Ch. 6 Questions; Homework #17: OA Ch. 7 Questions
New Assignments: Homework #18: OA Ch. 10 Questions
Th 5/18 E3 Assigned; Final Presentations Assigned; Solutions Round-table presentations assigned
New Assignments: Various solutions readings to be assigned individually
Assignments Due: Homework #18: OA Ch. 10 Questions
Guiding Question: What are the effects of American consumer capitalism on medicine and health outcomes?
T 5/9 Reaction Paper #5 (in-class)
Assignments Due: Homework #15: Idiocracy Film Questions
Th 5/11 Film: Sicko Intro. to healthcare issues
Readings Due: Overdosed America by John Abramson Chapter 6: "American Medicine's Perfect Storm: A Brief History”
New Assignments: Homework #16: OA Ch. 6 Questions
F 5/12 Reading quiz Overdosed America Chapters 6 and 7; In-class reflection on Essay 2
Readings Due: OA Chapter 7: "The Commercial Takeover of Medical Knowledge”; Overdosed America Chapter 6
Assignments Due: Film questions for Sicko; PEE Chart for E2; E2 Checklist; E2 Final Draft due by 11:59 pm via Turn It In! on the Course Website
New Assignments: Homework #16: OA Ch. 6 Questions; Homework #17: OA Ch. 7 Questions
F 5/12 LAB Paraphrase Practice with Homework 16 and 17
LAST DAY TO DROP WITH A “W”—5/12
T 5/16 Advertising and Medicine
Readings Due: OA Chapter 10: "Direct-to-Consumer: Advertising, Public Relations, and the Medical News”
Assignments Due: Homework #16: OA Ch. 6 Questions; Homework #17: OA Ch. 7 Questions
New Assignments: Homework #18: OA Ch. 10 Questions
Th 5/18 E3 Assigned; Final Presentations Assigned; Solutions Round-table presentations assigned
New Assignments: Various solutions readings to be assigned individually
Assignments Due: Homework #18: OA Ch. 10 Questions
Unit 4: Finding a Way Out or Visions of the Future
Guiding Question: What is the future of American consumer culture and how can we make it sustainable?
F 5/19 In-class essay: BRING ALL UNIT 3 READINGS!
T 5/23 Solutions Readings round-table presentations; PEE Charts
Readings Due: Various
Th 5/25 Peer-Reviewing E3 Intro and 1 body paragraph; Presentation work time
Assignments Due: Annotated Bibliography E3; Intro/Body Paragraph E3 (bring 3 copies)
F 5/26 Peer-Review E3 complete draft; Time to work on Final Project Presentation
Assignments Due: E3 Complete draft (bring 3 copies); E3 PEE chart
F 5/26 LAB: Colons and Semi-colons
T 5/30 Final Presentations (Day 1)
Th 6/1 Final Presentations (Day 2)
Th 6/8 FINAL 8:00am - 10:30am
Final Presentations (Day 3)
Assignments Due: E3 Final Draft
T 5/23 Solutions Readings round-table presentations; PEE Charts
Readings Due: Various
Th 5/25 Peer-Reviewing E3 Intro and 1 body paragraph; Presentation work time
Assignments Due: Annotated Bibliography E3; Intro/Body Paragraph E3 (bring 3 copies)
F 5/26 Peer-Review E3 complete draft; Time to work on Final Project Presentation
Assignments Due: E3 Complete draft (bring 3 copies); E3 PEE chart
F 5/26 LAB: Colons and Semi-colons
T 5/30 Final Presentations (Day 1)
Th 6/1 Final Presentations (Day 2)
Th 6/8 FINAL 8:00am - 10:30am
Final Presentations (Day 3)
Assignments Due: E3 Final Draft