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Class #	In-Class Activities	Assignments
I. THEME: Shopping, WRITING SKILLS: Finding a Voice; Developing a Narrative
1	Introductions You and Writing Overview of Class	Homework #1 Letter to Me Rose. "Shopping as a Spiritual Adventure." (Handout) Johnson. "Rolex." (Handout)
2	Syllabus Elements of the Essay: Voice and Sensibility Shopping as part of our lives	Homework #2 Gopnik. "The Winter Circus . . ." Begin Journals.
3	Service Learning What makes an Essay?	Homework #3 Essay I - 1st Draft
4	Workshop: Essay I Introduce Research Project	Homework #4 Brubach. "Mail-Order America."
II. THEME: Advertising, WRITING SKILLS: Analysis; Forming a Thesis
5	Return drafts and discuss The Secret Life of Words (Word Power) Discuss "Mail-Order America" Advertising and Manipulation	Homework #5 Revise Essay I Gladwell. "The Science of Shopping." (On line)
6	Techniques of Persuasion Reading values in Texts and Pictures	Homework #6 Rushkoff. "They Say." Gladwell. "Listening to Khakis." (On line) Bring Ads to Class for Essay II
7	"They Say" and "Listening to Khakis"; Evidence and Argument Work with Ads	Homework #7 Essay II
8	Workshop: Essay II	Homework #8 Jarrell. "A Sad Heart at the Supermarket." * Proposal for Research Project
III. THEME: Critiquing Consumer Culture, WRITING SKILLS: Engaging in Conversation with Other Writers--Representing Their Ideas Accurately; Connecting Writers' Ideas; Critiquing Writers' Ideas
9	Return Drafts and Discuss; Work on Essay II Discuss "Sad Heart"	Homework #9 Revise Essay II; Catch up with Journals
10	Video: Merchants of Cool	Homework #10 Annotated Bibliography for Research Project
11	Discuss Research Essay Topics & Sources Thesis Clinic	Homework #11 Schor. Intro. to The Overspent American
12	Critiquing Consumer Culture: The Overspent American	Homework #12 Twitchell. "Two Cheers for Materialism." Cross. "Irony of the Century."
13	Discuss "Two Cheers" and "Irony"	Homework #13 Research Singer. "The Singer Solution."
14	Critiquing Consumer Culture: The Claims of the Poor Paragraph Clinic	Homework #14 Berry. "Getting Along with Nature." Berry. "Back to the Land." Research
15	Critiquing Consumer Culture: The Claims of the Environment Defining Terms	Homework #15 Bring notes for Essay III to class
16	Discuss Singer's Solution Pre-Writing for Research Essays	Homework #16 Essay III Bring sentences to work on to class
17	Introduce Essay IV Clinic: Polishing Sentences	Homework #17 Respond to your group's Research Essays Klein, Excerpt from No Logo
18	Workshop: Essay III	Homework #18 Re-revision of Essay II
19	Return Drafts of Essay III and discuss Klein: Consumer Activism	Homework #19 Begin Essay IV
20	Work on Essay IV	Homework #20 Continue w/Essay IV
21	Workshop: First Part of Essay IV	Homework #21 Write last 2 letters for Essay IV
22	Revision Concerns? Workshop: Essay IV and hand in to me	Homework #22 Prepare Oral Presentation
23	Pointers for Oral Presentations	Homework #23 Revise Essay III
24	Oral Presentations	Homework #24 Revision as Needed
25	Oral Presentations	Homework #25 Revise Essay IV; Prepare Portfolios
26	Oral Presentations Evaluations; Summing Up

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