Week 9: Family in America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A ministering angel shall my sister be.

 

  —William Shakespeare, Hamlet (c. 1600)

Tu 10.19

Read: CR-“Rooster at the Hitchin' Post” by David Sedaris, “Pruning Generations” by David Mas Masumoto; eR—“The Missing Parents Bureau” from This American Life (2001)
In-Class: Watch—Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about His Father (2008)

Th 10.21
Read: CR—“This Blessed House” by Jhumpa Lahiri, “Terwilliger Bunts One” by Annie Dillard
In-Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Writer’s workshop
Due: Expository essay (Draft 1; Bring 4 copies)  

 

UPCOMING:

WEEK 10: FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Tu 10.26
Read: “Raising Cain” by Debora J. Dickerson, “Three Fathers” by Kevin Sweeney, “Bumping into Mr. Ravioli” by Adam Gopnik
In-Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Preview—Cause and effect essay
Due: Expository essay (Final draft; Attach draft 1)

Th 10.28
In-Class: Cause and effect essay
Due: Journal 5