Introduction to English Reading and Writing

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Introduction to English Reading and Writing
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Syllabus

• ???Back to school- Preparing for a Global
  Society (from Underachieving Colleges)-Derek
  Curtis Bok

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• Topic 1 Womens Status East and West, Past and
  Present
• ???Story of An Hour - Kate Chopin
  
• ???Lost Lives of women-Amy Tan
• ???The Golden Cangue-Eileen Chang (intercultural
  reading group)
• ???Presentation

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• Topic 2 Tradition and Values
• ???The Lottery-Shirley Jackson
• ???The Lottery Confinement of tradition and
  scapegoat
• ???The Statue Doesnt Look Right-Malcolm
  Gladwell
• ???Mid-Term

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• Topic 3 Medicine, Ethics, and Life
• ???Tuesday with Morrie Mitch Albom
• ????Indian Camp/ Hills Like White
  Elephant-Ernest Hemingway
• ???? Flesh-and-Blood Decision Making How
  Doctors Think

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• Topic Popular Culture
• ????Rare Jordan-Nelson George
• ????Is Hollywood Responsible for 911?-Robert
  Roten
• ????Reflection and discussion do we have our
  own popular culture?
• Presentation

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• ??? Negotiated Syllabus
• ????To Be Announced
• ????To Be Announced
• ????Final Exam

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• An Introduction to Critical Reading
• ???Thomson Wadsworth

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• Our Underachieving Colleges A Candid Look at How
  Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be
  Learning More
• ??Bok, Derek Curtis ???Princeton Univ Press
• Tuesday With Morrie
• ??Albom, Mitch ???Bantam Books
• How Doctors Think
• ?? Groopman, Jerome/ Prichard, Michael (NRT)
  ???Ingram Pub Services
• Blink The power of thinking without thinking
• ??Malcolm Gladwell ???Penguin Group UK
• Patterns of Reflection
• ??Seyler, Dorothy U. (EDT) ???Addison-Wesley
• Essays from Contemporary Culture ?? ACKLEY,
  KATHERINE ANNE ??? HARCOURT, INC.

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Assessment

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