Course Readings

ENG 1121 Readings & Videos

Introductory Weeks

Bunn, Mike. “How to Read Like a Writer.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2, 2011.  https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/writingspaces2/bunn–how-to-read.pdf

“Online Discussions: Tips for Students.” University of Waterloo, https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/developing-assignments/blended-learning/online-discussions-tip-students

“Student Tips for Online Learning Success.” North Hennepin Community College, www.nhcc.edu/student-resources/online-learning-d2l/tips-for-online-learning-success.

 Unit 1 – Portrait of a Word

Willis-Abdurraqib, Hanif. “Zayn Malik and the Songs that Bring us to Prayer.” MTV News. 15 Mar 2016. http://www.mtv.com/news/2794038/zayn-malik-and-the-songs-that-bring-us-to-prayer/

Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Riverhead Books, 2007. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/_YVO217NhC0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1

Lamott, Anne. ‘Shitty First Drafts.” in Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers. edited by Paul Escholz, Alfred Rosa, and Virginia Clark. 9^th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005. Anne Lamott “Shitty First Drafts”

Unit 2 – Discourse Communities

 Patricia Bizzell  What is a Discourse Community

Erik Borg Discourse Community

Kerry Dirk Navigating Genres

“Understanding Genre Awareness.” Center for Applied English Studies, the University of Hong Kong, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daut5e0kWBo

Moore, Suzanne . “Cancellation Might Feel Good, But It’s Not Activism.” The Guardian. 3 July 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/03/cancellation-activism-persuasion-cancel-culture-twitter

  Unit 3 – New Audience, New Genre

Raul Perez Racism without Hatred Racist Humor and the Myth of Color-blindness

Timmerman, Gussman, and King Humor Race and Rhetoric

Gagich, Melanie.  “An Introduction to and Strategies for Multimodal Composing.” Writing Spaces: Readings About Writing, Volume 3. 2020. https://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/1gagich-introduction-strategies-multimodal-composing.pdf