Assignments

Assignments This semester your supplementary reading material consists of four books: The Faces of Poverty, Can’t Buy My Love, Bless Me, Ultima, and Black Like Me. You will be assigned in-class essays, four outside writing assignments and one final writing project, which is due on the assigned day without exception. Class discussions/lectures on each book are a vital part of your essay content; therefore, conscientious class attendance is important. Disclaimer The class assignments and the assigned writing projects are a tentative outlay of a writing schedule this semester. It is quite possible that those assignments may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Those changes will be announced in class. Please Note: All writing projects are due on the assigned day. There is no exception to this rule. If you know that you will be absent on the day that a writing project is due, then you should turn in your paper before that date. However, if you don’t know that you are going to be absent on that due date, then you should send in your project by someone else. It is futile to try to turn it in after the assigned due date. It will not be accepted. (Please refer to the syllabus concerning make up work.)
Writing Assignments (All outside writing assignments are due on the assigned day of the book test, i.e., 2/5, 2/21, 3/13 and 4/29).

	I. Week of January 22-February 5, 2008 –Faces of Poverty - Argumentative essay – follow the instructions in your Student Notes, Page 2, for writing an argumentative essay: Set up a proposal and then list the ten myths about welfare and make one contradictory statement concerning each (Pages 12-18 in the book) and apply at least two of those “welfare myths” to the circumstances of each of the five women by cause and effect and by comparison and contrast. You will need to cite passages to support your argument. Finally, complete the questions concerning Rebecca and Darlene on Page 5 in your Student Notes.

	II. Week of February 7 – 21, 2008 –Can’t Buy My Love - Expository Essay: Read Pages 296-297 in the book. Center your discussion beginning “with Tide. . . a future.” (Page 296) and “when social problems. . .backdrops” on Page 297. Respond to the following: (1) How do these two commercials cause a conflict in meaning? (2) What are or should be the targets of concern? Please follow the instructions in your Student Notes, (Page 3) for writing an expository essay. Class discussion: Pages 6-10 in your Student Notes and Pages 82, 83, 97, and 293 in Kilbourne

	III. Week of February 26 – March 13, 2008 –Week of February 26 – March 13, 2008 – Bless Me, Ultima – Descriptive Essay: Read Anaya’s interpretation of the “Golden Carp.” Place yourself on the beach or somewhere near the sea; you are observing the actions of this huge fish. Describe the symbol of the golden carp as you apply it to some point of your life. Please follow the instructions concerning the descriptive essay form on Page 1 of your Students Notes. Answer the questions on Pages 11-12 in your Student Notes.

	IV. Week of March 25 – April 29 - Week of March 25 – April 29 . Black Like Me –You will be given a handout that discusses the final writing project for this book. Please review the instructions on Page 4 in your Student Notes on writing a narrative essay . You will have over six weeks to complete the writing assignment; it is due on or before the assigned day (May 1, 2008) without exception.

	Supplement Essay Information After essays are written, corrected, and returned to you, you may have questions regarding those corrections. We may discuss those essays containing faulty mechanics based upon the logic that is in the content of your paper via your examples and the examples given on Pages 14-23 in your Students Notes. Please take notes; those grammar errors should NOT be repeated in subsequent papers. Read the adjective and adverb phrases. Students should be able to recognize all prepositions and know the use of those prepositions. We will review the mechanics of three clauses: the adjective, adverb and noun clauses. The verbal phrases are equally important. Students should learn the difference between a verbal and a verb. Become familiar with college/university evaluations.


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