Dr. Heather Hill-Vásquez, Department of English, University of Detroit Mercy

 

ENL 131-12 COURSE SCHEDULE
Fall Semester 2006

Please note that we will not always have sufficient time to discuss in depth all of the assigned readings. Nevertheless, you are responsible for all readings listed on the Course Schedule and quizzes, essays, and other assignments will draw upon any and all readings—even those we are unable to cover in class.

All readings are from Rereading America, 6 th ed. unless otherwise indicated.

WEEK 1
T 9/5
Course Introduction
Complete Brief Student Survey
Handouts: Syllabus & Course Schedule Packet; Brief Student Survey; Grading Rubric
Th 9/7
Due: "Thinking Critically, Challenging Cultural Myths" (1-15)
Extra Credit Practice Quiz
Handouts: Advertising Unit Essay Assignment; Summary & Comparison Paper;
Looking at Advertising; Individual Presentation

WEEK 2
T 9/12

Due: "Money and Success: The Myth of Individual Opportunity" (294-96)
Due: "True Women and Real Men: Myths of Gender" (412-16)
Due: "Created Equal: The Myth of the Melting Pot" (546-49)
Due: "The Seventies: Not Quite the Sixties" (24-27 in 70s All-American Ads)
Sign Up for Individual Presentation

 

Th 9/14

Due: "Class in America: Myths and Realities (331-45)
Due: "Stephen Cruz" (348-52)
Quiz 1
Handout: Individual Presentation Schedule

WEEK 3
T 9/19

Due: "True Women and Real Men: Myths of Gender" (412-16)
Due: "' Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt': Advertising and Violence" (455-74)
Due: " Center of Attention: The Gender of Sports Media" (477-87)
Th 9/21

Due: Contemporary Ad and Ad from 70s All-American Ads (you must bring your contemporary ad to class)
Due: "Created Equal: The Myth of the Melting Pot" (546-49)
Due: "Virtual Integration . . . . " (646-58)
Due: "Transracial America Sells" (688-99)
Quiz 2

WEEK 4
T 9/26

In-Class Work on Ads in computer lab (location TBA)
Th 9/28

In-Class Work on Ads in computer lab (location TBA)
Celebrate Spirit - Class will meet at an earlier time TBA

WEEK 5
T 10/3

Due: Summary & Comparison Paper

Th 10/5

Due: "Appearances" (489-96)
Quiz 3
Summary & Comparison Papers Returned

WEEK 6
T 10/10

Due: First Draft of Advertising Unit Essay Assignment
Library Research Class--location TBA
Th 10/12

Due: "Under the Sign of Micky Mouse & Co." (782-93)
Quiz 4

WEEK 7
T 10/17

Meet in computer lab (location TBA)
Due: Individual Presentations 1-6
First Drafts Returned

WEEK 8
T 10/24

Meet in computer lab (location TBA)
Due: Individual Presentations 7-12
Th 10/26

Meet in computer lab (location TBA)
Due: Individual Presentations 13-18

WEEK 9
T 10/31

Meet in computer lab (location TBA)
Due: Individual Presentations 19-25
Handouts: Myth of Model Family Unit Essay Assignment; Pleasantville Study Questions and Brief Paper; Far From Heaven Study Questions and Brief Paper

Th 11/2

Due: "Harmony at Home: The Myth of the Model Family" (17-20)
Due: "What We Really Miss About the 1950s" (31-48)
Quiz 5
Watch Pleasantville

WEEK 10
T 11/7

Due: Final Drafts of Advertising Unit Essay Assignment
Watch Pleasantville
Th 11/9

Due: "The Truly Invisible Hand" (54-62)
Due: Brief Paper - Pleasantville

WEEK 11
T 11/14

Due: "From Changing American Families" (64-82)
Quiz 6
Watch Far From Heaven
Th 11/16
Watch Far From Heaven

WEEK 12
T 11/21

Due: Brief Paper - Far From Heaven
Due: Contemporary Ad to Analyze for Myth of Model Family Unit Essay Assignment--You Must Bring Your Ad to Class
Handout: Semester Portfolio Preparation

WEEK 13
T 11/28
In-Class Work on Contemporary Ads for Essay Assignment
(meet in computer lab? Location TBA)
Th 11/30

Due: First Draft of Myth of Model Family Unit Essay Assignment

WEEK 14
T 12/5

First Drafts Returned
In-Class Work on First Drafts
Th 12/7

In-Class Work on Preparing Semester Portfolio and Table of Contents - Bring All Writing Assignments, Drafts, Accompanying Handouts, etc.


WEEK 15 - Finals Week
T 12/13

Final Draft of Myth of Model Family Unit Essay Assignment and Semester Portfolio Due at Noon in CLAE 122

Place Your Final Draft in its Appropriate Place in Your Portfolio

Any Final Draft and/or Portfolio Received After noon on 12/13 will receive a "0."

 

 

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