Reading Assignments for
English 100
Read the following articles, take notes using the method of your choice on all but the first one, and answer the questions on that essay. "Examsmanship" is not in your text but I have included it as the sample notetaking assignment. Click on "Examsmanship" below to read the essay.
I have provided questions for "Examsmanship" in the discussion area and at "See sample questions." After that I have assigned certain group members to "teach/lead" the group, that is to come up with questions for the group to discuss and another group member to act as "secretary" or notetaker to turn in or post the group consensus. See Group Assignments in the Discussion Area for the rotation of these duties. After your groups have finished discussing an essay, I will activate the After discussion lecture for you to read.
"Examsmanship and the Liberal Arts; a Study in Educational Epistemology" by Willam Perry 10-minute write See sample questions After discussion lecture
"How We Listen" by Aaron Copland in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write See sample questions After discussion lecture
"Thinking as a Hobby" by William Golding in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write See sample questions After discussion lecture
"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write See sample questions After discussion lecture
"Once More to the Lake" by E. B. White in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write See sample questions After discussion lecture
"Why Colleges Shower their Students with A's" by Brent Staples 10-min write See sample questions After discussion lecture
"Three Heads are Better than One" article 10-minute write Discussion Group area After discussion lecture If you enjoy taking psychological self-tests, check out the Psychtest site. For some fun self-tests for EQ, sexuality, spirituality, and thinking check out the Helpself site. Here is another test site for a psychological self-test. Remember, you must use the Back arrow to get back here.
"What you see is the Real You" by Willard Gaylin Create your own 10-minute write topic. After discussion lecture
"In Harness: The Male Condition" by Herb Goldberg on p 198 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
"Motherhood: Who Needs It?" by Betty Rollin on p 203 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
"Black Men and Public Spaces" by Brent Staples on p 217 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
"College Pressures" by William Zinsser on p 241 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
"A Case for Torture" by Michael Levin on p 374 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
"The Case for Animal Rights" by Tom Regan on p 376 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
"We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse's Story" by Sallie Tisdale on p 391 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture.
"The Terrifying Normalcy of AIDS" by Stephen Jay Gould on p 398 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
Your own argument article
"Good Readers and Good Writers" by Vladimir Nabokov on p 579 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
"In Search of a Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf on p 591 in the Norton Reader. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
The literature we choose for class. 10-minute write After discussion lecture
