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November 13, 2005
Unit 4 assignment
A paper that expands on your previous work in this class; on a classmates' work; or on one or more assigned readings for the course. See the November 21 assignment on the Unit 4 schedule for directions on making a proposal for your topic for this paper.
Citation style: Use MLA style: consult chapter 10 of the Harbrace Handbook. In-text citations are explained on pp. 193-200. Then you'll need to follow MLA for your list of works cited, as well; there's an index for types of sources on p. 201, and a sample list of works cited on p. 234. Let me know what questions you have.
Due date: The absolute last deadline is December 16, 7 p.m. If you submit the paper by 6 p.m. on December 12, I'll have time to send you commentary on the paper.
Submit the paper by dropping it in the Blackboard digital dropbox.
Course readings:
- Bell, Kaitlin. "Provision Tells Schools to Grade Students on Subjects, Not Ideology." Boston Globe 8 Aug. 2005.
- Bowen, Meredith. "Your Student Fee. . .: HillTV's 'Over the Hill' Prompts Re-evaluation of Programming." Daily Orange [Syracuse University] 18 Oct. 2005.
- Cantor, Nancy. "Civic Engagement: The University as a Public Good." Liberal Education 90.2 (Spring 2004): 18-25. [Available on class Blackboard site.]
- Cardenas, Diana. "Creating an Identity: Personal, Academic, and Civic Literacies." Latino/a Discourses: On Language, Identity, and Literacy Education. Ed. Michelle Hall Kells, Valerie Balester, and Victor Villanueva. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2004. 114-125. [Will be available on class Blackboard site by November 1.]
- Delpit, Lisa. "Education in a Multicultural Society: Our Future's Greatest Challenge." Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. New York: New P, 1995. 167-183. [Will be available on class Blackboard site by November 1.]
- Gladwell, Malcolm. "Getting In." New Yorker 10 Oct. 2005: 80-86.
- Lewin, Tamara. "Writing in Schools Is Found Both Dismal and Neglected." New York Times 26 April 2003. (Available in the "Documents" folder on the course Blackboard site)
- Rose, Mike. "The Language of Exclusion: Writing Instruction at the University." College English 47.4 (Apr. 1985): 341-359. (Available in the "Documents" folder on the course Blackboard site) Sapp, David. "Towards an International and Intercultural Understanding of Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty in Composition: Reflections from the People's Republic of China." Issues in Writing 13.1 (2003): 58-79. (Available in the "Documents" folder on the course Blackboard site)
- Wallace, David Foster. "Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage." Harper's (April 2001): 39-58. (Available in the "Documents" folder on the course Blackboard site)
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