English 100 - Section 8 (Spring 1995) MWF 1:45 - @:50 p.m. Leslie D. Harris 18 Seibert (Computer Classroom) Susquehanna University
Week 1
Mon., Jan. 23 Introduction; initial survey
Wed., Jan. 25 "Thinking Critically, Challenging Cultural Myths," Rereading America, 1-15; Introduction to DU
Fri., Jan. 27 In-Class Essay
Week 2
Mon., Jan. 30 Arlene Skolnick, "The Paradox of Perfection," RA 402-409 (with "Roseanne" episode)
Wed., Feb. 1 "Looking at Ourselves," Ourselves Among Others, 79-85 (photocopy) (with additional t.v. episode: "Me and the Boys"?)
Fri., Feb. 3 Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
Week 3
Mon., Feb. 6 MOOing re "Mainstream Family"
Wed., Feb. 8 Writing Workshop
Fri., Feb. 10 Peer Editing; Essay 1: Draft Due
Week 4
4 Mon., Feb. 13 James Baldwin, "Stranger in the Village," Notes of a Native Son, 159-175; Essay 1 Due
Wed., Feb. 15 Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son," Notes, 85-98
Fri., Feb. 17 Baldwin, "Notes," 98-114
Week 5
Mon., Feb. 20 Baldwin, "Many Thousands Gone," Notes, 24-45
Wed., Feb. 22 Mark Crispin Miller, "The Cosby Show," RA, 645-651; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "TV's Black World Turns--But Stays Unreal," RA, 653-660
Fri., Feb. 24 Cosby Show Episode(s)
Week 6
Mon., Feb. 27 MOOing re Cosby Show and African-American Families
Wed., Mar. 1 Joseph L. White, "Black Family Life," RA, 432-438; Bebe Moore Campbell, "Envy," RA, 440-452
Fri., Mar. 3 Peer Editing; Essay 2: Draft Due
Week 7
Mon., Mar. 6 Sandra Cisneros, "My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn," "Eleven," "Barbie-Q," "Mericans," Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, 3-9, 14-20 Essay 2 Due
Wed., Mar. 8 Cisneros, "Woman Hollering Creek," WHC, 43-56
Fri., Mar. 10 Library Work re Sandra Cisneros
Week 8
Mon., Mar. 13 SPRING RECESS
Wed., Mar. 15 SPRING RECESS
Fri., Mar. 17 SPRING RECESS
Week 9
Mon., Mar. 20 Writing Workshop
Wed., Mar. 22 Roger Jack, "An Indian Story," RA, 453-462; Paula Gunn Allen, "Where I Come From is Like This," RA, 241-247
Fri., Mar. 24 Haunani-Kay Trask, "From a Native Daughter," RA, 119-126
Week 10
Mon., Mar. 27 MOOing re Native-American/Hispanic Families
Wed., Mar. 29 Writing Workshop
Fri., Mar. 31 Peer Critiquing; Essay 3: Draft Due
Week 11
Mon., Apr. 3 Lucille Clifton, Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 (visiting writer); Essay 3 Due
Wed., Apr. 5 Clifton, cont.
Fri., Apr. 7 Library Meeting: Research Skills
Week 12
Mon., Apr. 10 Library work: Research re Lucille Clifton
Wed., Apr. 12 Questions for Lucille Clifton
Fri., Apr. 14 EASTER RECESS
Week 13
Mon., Apr. 17 EASTER RECESS
Wed., Apr. 19 Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy (film)
Fri., Apr. 21 Torch Song Trilogy (film)
Week 14
Mon., Apr. 24 MOOing re Homosexual Families
Wed., Apr. 26 Richard Goldstein, "The Gay Family," RA, 477-490
Fri., Apr. 28 Peer Editing; Essay 4: Draft Due
Week 15
Mon., May 1 Writing Workshop; Essay 4 Due
Wed., May 3 Prepare E-Mail Portfolio + Portfolio Cover Letter
Fri., May 5 Prepare Essay Portfolio + Argument re Grade Deserved
Week 16
Mon., May 8 Ending Surveys (Class and Journal)
Tues., May 9 In-Class Essay; Hand in Essay Portfolio and E-Mail Portfolio
Note: This class was paired with a comparable composition class taught by Robert Smith at George Washington University. During the various MOO sessions listed on the syllabus, Susquehanna students and GWU students met on Diversity University MOO to discuss the shared readings. They were also discussing those readings asynchronously using a class e-mail journal. For information about the structure of the course, see the associated Course Description. For a description of the Internet journal assignment, see the On-Line Journal Assignment Sheet.