Fall 2006
Writing 2
Pecchenino
Unit Two: “Understanding What We Follow: Government, Paranoia, and You”
Monday, Oct. 23
In Class Activities
-Turn in Unit One Portfolios
-Watch film Equilibrium
-Introduce themes of Unit Two
Wednesday, Oct. 25
In Class Activities
-Introduction to the college research paper
-Lesson on veracity of sources
-Group Work (film)
-In class exercise (Brainstorming)
-Discussion of material
Monday, Oct. 30
In Class Activities
-Reading Quiz/Free Write
-Lesson on integrating summary into a
longer paper
-Research Day
-Discussion of material
Readings/Homework Due Next Class
-The Sacred Books of Confucius: Paternal
Government” (pp. 22-27); “Women as
Other” by Simone de Beauvoir (pp. 197201)
-One page written response to the film
due next class!
Readings/Homework Due Next Class
-From The Republic by Plato (pp. 28-35);
“Women in Athens” by Amaury de
Riencourt (pp. 201-205)
-One page summary of Plato due next
class!
Readings/Homework Due Next Class
-“The Declaration of Independence” by
Thomas Jefferson (pp. 52-57); “Democracy
in America” by Alexis de Tocqueville (pp.
58-64); “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by
Marin Luther King (pp. 212-227)
-One page summary of de Tocqueville
due next class!
Wednesday, Nov. 1
In Class Activities
-Reading Quiz/Free Write
-Discussion of Material
-Lesson on the Annotated Bibliography
-In class exercise
Readings/Homework Due Next Class
“Third World in the Global Future” by
Peter H. Raven (pp. 497-504); “Why the
Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor,
Poorer” by Robert Reich (pp. 122-134)
Monday, Nov. 6
In Class Activities
-Reading Quiz/Free Write
-Discussion of material
-Grammar and Mechanics Day
-In class exercise (pre-workshop)
Readings/Homework Due Next Class
-FIRST DRAFT OF PAPER DUE
NEXT CLASS!!!
-“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell
(pp. 188-194)
Fall 2006
Wednesday, Nov. 8
In Class Activities
-Reading Quiz/ Free Write
-Discussion of material
-Essay Workshops (groups of 2-3)
Monday, Nov. 13
In Class Activities
-Mandatory Conferences Begin
Wednesday, Nov. 15
In Class Activities
-Turn in Portfolios
-Watch film to introduce Unit Three
-Go over Unit Three syllabus
Writing 2
Pecchenino
Readings/Homework Due Next Class
-Bourgeois and Proletarians” by Marx and
Engels (pp. 65-76); from “On the Correct
Handling of Contradictions Among the
People” by Mao Tse-Tung (pp. 77-82)
-One page response on Mao Tse-Tung
due in final portfolio!
Readings/Homework Due Next Class
-UNIT TWO PORTFOLIO DUE NEXT
CLASS!!!
-No reading
Readings/Homework Due Next Class