Engl 90 Reader
Spring 2011
Joellen Hiltbrand, Instructor
Table of Contents
COURSE READINGS
“INEQUALITY AND THE AMERICAN DREAM,” FROM THE ECONOMIST
“MAHATMA GANDHI”
“GREENING THE GHETTO: CAN A REMEDY SERVE FOR BOTH GLOBAL WARMING AND POVERTY?”
ELIZABETH KOLBERT
“ARN CHORN POND,” EXCERPTED FROM “PARTICIPATING IN DEMOCRACY”
“WINONA LADUKE,” EXCERPTED FROM “PARTICIPATING IN DEMOCRACY”
“ERNEST VILLAREAL,” EXCERPTED FROM “PARTICIPATING IN DEMOCRACY”
“THE ISSUE: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CREATE JOBS IN THE U.S.?” BY MYRA GOREVAN
“THE U.S. JOBS OUTLOOK,” BY PHYLLIS WILLIAMS
“THE HIRE ACT”
“GOVERNMENT MUST KEEP STIMULATING ECONOMY, PROPONENTS SAY,” BY STANLEY GRIFFIN
“CURRENT JOB CREATION PLANS MISGUIDED, CRITICS SAY”
“WHERE WILL THE JOBS BE IN THE FUTURE?” BY DON JOYCE
“BY THE NUMBERS: JOB CREATION”
DOCUMENTS AND HANDOUTS
PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE MULTIPLE COPIES OF BLANK
DOCUMENTS MARKED WITH A STAR (*) BEFORE FILLING THEM IN AND SUBMITTING
CONVERSACOLOR
NOTE-TAKING STRATEGIES
CLARIFYING YOUR UNDERSTANDING
PARAPHRASING STRATEGIES
*PARAPHRASES AND QUOTATIONS
*PARAPHRASING WORKSHEET
SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT
SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT SHEET
100 WAYS TO SAY “SAID”
*SEQUENCE CHART
*ARTICLE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
TEMPLATES FOR INTRODUCING INFORMATION
*SUMMARY RUBRIC I
*SUMMARY RUBRIC II
THE PACT AND SUMMARY RESPONSE ESSAY
*READING RESPONSE HANDOUT
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE PACT, 1-58
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE PACT, 59-110
SEE PARAGRAPH FORMAT
*SEE WORKSHEET
HOW TO USE QUOTATION MARKS
MORE ON HOW TO INTEGRATE QUOTATIONS
*QUOTATION MARK EXERCISE
RESPONSE PAPER ASSIGNMENT SHEET
CREATING YOUR RESPONSE PAPER
*SUMMARY RESPONSE PAPER GRADING RUBRIC
SYNTHESIS ESSAY
*“GREENING THE GHETTO” QUESTIONS
SYNTHESIS ESSAY ASSIGNMENT SHEET
*SYNTHESIS ESSAY GRADING RUBRIC
FINDING YOUR IDEAS
*CONNECTIONS CHART
EXAMPLE OF FILLED-IN CONNECTIONS CHART
*CREATING THE FOUNDATION
FLOWCHART FOR SYNTHESIS
FINDING, INTRODUCING, AND INTEGRATING AUTHORS’ IDEAS
SAMPLE SYNTHESIS ESSAY
PERSUASIVE ESSAY
*READING FOR MEANING: “THE ISSUES”
*TWO-PAGE SUMMARY (BACKGROUND AND INFO SECTION)
*ARGUMENTS ABOUT JOB CREATION CHART
NEWS PORTFOLIO PROJECT ASSIGNMENT SHEET
PERSUASIVE ESSAY ASSIGNMENT SHEET
FLOWCHART FOR PERSUASIVE ESSAY
*PERSUASION MAP
*PERSUASIVE ESSAY GRADING RUBRIC
HOW TO WRITE AN ARGUMENT ESSAY
*CREATING YOUR PERSUASIVE ESSAY THESIS
*PERSUASIVE ESSAY SUPPORT CHART
GRAMMAR
S+V
*S+V -- RAMECK
SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
*PROOFREADING FOR FRAGMENTS (EX 1)
*PHRASES? CLAUSES?
COORDINATORS
*TWO KINDS OF CLAUSES/FRAGMENTS EX 3-7
SUBORDINATORS
SUBORDINATORS THAT SHOW RELATIONSHIPS
*RUN-TOGETHER SENTENCES EX 1-7
*COMBINE WITH COORDINATORS AND SUBORDINATORS
*HARTFORD EXS
*CONCESSION EXS
WORDS THAT SHOW LOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS
*JOINING-WORD CHART
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