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Towards a Generic English Class

Assignment Order:

1. Personal Narrative
2. Definition
3. Analogy
4. Causal
5. Proposal
6. Evaluation

Readings:

Personal Narrative

• Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild”
• Sammy Harkham, “Poor Sailor”
• A.M. Homes, “Adults Alone”

Definition

• Bitch by Beverly Gross
• ””Rethinking Addiction””:http://dir.salon.com/story/health/feature/2000/04/26/vaccine/index.html
• Scott Mc Cloud?, Chapter on Comics Definition

Analogy

• Francine Prose, “Voting Democracy Off the Island”

Causal

• “ Out of Bounds” by Tony Banhart
• Frances Lappe, “Like Driving a Cadillac”
• Susan Willis, “Disney World”

Proposal

• “A Modest Proposal” by Johnathan Swift
• “The Genderator: A Modish Proposal” by David Sally
• “Biotechnology & World Hunger” by David Sandalaw

Evaluation

• Record Reviews
• Magnetic Fields
• Michael Polan, “An Animal’s Place”

Tuesday / Thursday Schedule

Date	Topic	Assignment
1.16
1.18
1.23
1.25
1.30
2.1
2.6
2.8
2.13
2.15
2.20
2.22
2.27
3.1
3.6
3.8
3.20
3.22
3.27
3.29
4.3
4.5
4.10
4.12
4.17
4.19
4.24
4.26
5.1
5.3

Monday / Wednesday / Friday Schedule

Date

Topic

Assignment