WR115 Spring
2007 Michael
Dembrow, Instructor
SCHEDULE
(III)
Assignments are either from The Mercury Reader or from the LB
Brief. If the latter, the page
reference will be followed by (LB).
Week V
Mon., April 30 Quoting
Discussion
of
Draft Workshop, Essay 2
Fragments
Exercises
Homework
for Wednesday:
READ,
SUMMARIZE, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS for
“Jailhouse
Talk,” 72-79
Wed., May 2 A
Look at a Rough Draft
Discussion
of
Avoiding
Run-On Sentences
Midterm
Review
Homework
for Next Monday:
PREPARE
for Midterm
READ,
SUMMARIZE, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS for
“Girl,”
91-92
“Women
Like Us,” 55-58
Week VI
Mon., May 6 Midterm
This
I Believe: Deirdre Sullivan
Discussion
of
Homework
for Wednesday:
WRITE
final draft, essay #2
Wed., May 8 Midterm
Lookback
Presentation
of Essay Topic 3
Initial
Work on Essay 3
Homework
for Next Monday:
BEGIN
work on Essay #3
READ,
SUMMARIZE, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS for
“On
Dumpster Diving,” 59-71
“Jailhouse Talk”
1. Did
you learn anything interesting from this essay?
What?
2. What
are some stereotypes that this essay works to undercut?
3. Notice
how this essay makes effective use of topic sentences at the beginning of most
paragraphs. Give me a few examples.
“Girl”
1. What kind of person is doing the
talking in this short story?
2. What does the speaker want from the
girl she is talking to? What does she
want her to be?
3. How do you think the girl feels about
all this?
“Women Like Us”
1. Who
are the “women like us” to whom the author refers?
2. Why
do you think the author’s mother is so strongly opposed to her becoming a
writer?
3. Edwige Danticat is currently
considered one of the world’s most talented young writers. She has both poetry and power in her
writing. Choose a few quotes that seem
particularly strong.
“On Dumpster Diving”
1. What can we learn about the process of
“dumpster diving” from this essay? Give
examples.
2. What can we learn about the homeless
from this essay? Give examples.
3. What can we learn about our
contemporary society from this essay?
Give examples.