Here is where you will find various readings assigned for this course. When you receive the assignment to read one of these, it is your responsibility to print out the reading and bring it to class.
READINGS
UNIT 1:
Helen Keller, “I Go Adventuring”
Helen Keller, Letter to John Finley: The Empire Building (note: this link may be hard to print, so the Professor may give you this in a handout)
Author: Ellen Carillo,
Navigating This Perfect Storm
Malcolm X: “Learning to Read”
The novel Bird by Bird (we may be reading individual chapters here) by Annie Lamott: http://richardcolby.net/writ2000/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bird-by-Bird-Anne-Lamott.pdf
Donald Murray: Internal Revision: A Process of Discovery
Optional Umbrella Reading (Reading for the entire Semester that will be Very Helpful!): Stephen King’s amazing book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. You can purchase it. If you need it online, here is the link.
UNIT 2:
Navigating Genres by Kerry Dirk
Laura Carroll theory essay: Backpacks vs. Briefcases
Teaching Rhetorical Analysis by Nelson Graff
A Blank Grid for doing Rhetorical Analysis– taken from the Bedford Book of Genres: SKM_C45820021716190
UNIT 3:
“Googlepedia: Turning Information Behaviors Into Research Skills” by Randall McClure (link below):
http://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/mcclure–googlepedia.pdf
Driscoll: Introduction to Primary Research
Cynthia Haller: Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat: A Guide to Using Sources
Other resources:
This is taken fro the News Literacy Project, which goes on to say: “Russian troll farms, bots and other types of political chicanery are certainly part of the problem — but the perception that misinformation is spread only by people who are intentionally trying to muddy the waters is far from accurate. It’s the unintentional sharing of misinformation that really causes misinformation to spread. Certainly, most of us don’t go out of our way to share bad information with our family members and friends. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t — even a casual “like” or retweet can give misinformation a broader audience.”
ADDITIONAL READING LINKS that ARE optional:
James Baldwin, Essay: “If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?”
Donald Murray:Â Internal Revision: A Process of Discovery
John Swales:Â The Concept of Discourse Community
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