Twenty-Four Lessons
Lesson One. Introduction to English 1A
Lesson Two. Introduction to Semiotics and Critical Reading/Writing 1-22; Chapter 1: Consuming Passions 81-103 (Shames and Gladwell)
Lesson Three. Writing About Popular Culture 23-64; Chapter 1: 104-116 (Norton and Dery)
Lesson Four. Conducting Research and Citing Sources 65-79; Chapter 1: 118-137 (Hine and Kron)
Lesson Five. Chapter 1: 142-158 (Watkins and Verdant)
Lesson Six. In-Class Reading Exam 550 words, 100 points
Lesson Seven. Chapter 1: 163-169 (Frank); Chapter 2: Brought to You Buy 171-186 (Twitchell)
Lesson Eight. Chapter 2: 199-222 (Drumright and Murphy; Pozner)
Lesson Nine. Chapter 2: 227-245 (Corbett)
Lesson 10 Chapter 3: Video Dreams 271-293 (Prose)
Lesson 11 Chapter 3: 296-304 (Harold)
Lesson 12. Research Paper 1 Due for 200 points
Lesson 13 Chapter 3 Video Dreams 318-326 (Garrett and Simons)
Lesson 14. Chapter 3 Continued 326-330 (Koganzon); 347-349 (Weinman)
Lesson 15. Chapter 4: The Hollywood Sign 365-385 (Ray); 386-395 (Seger)
Lesson 16. Chapter 4 Continued: 405-417 (Sawhney, Seitz and Sengupta)
Lesson 17. In-Class Reading Exam for 100 points
Lesson 18. Chapter 5: You-Topian Dreams 445-469
Lesson 19. Chapter 5 Continued: 469-487 (Johnson, Williams, boyd, Daly, ICMPA)
Lesson 20. Chapter 6: American Paradox 513-541 (Brooks and Ehrenreich)
Lesson 21. Chapter 6 Continued: 542-567 (Solomon and Japp)
Lesson 22. 580-587 (Lubrano) and 602-613 (Milner); 355-358 (Gabler)
Lesson 23. Research Paper 2 due
Writing Assignment Options for Typed Essay 1
Choose one of the following from Reading the Signs, NOT Reading the Text:
Reading the Signs: Page 96: 1,3,4; Page 138: 5; Page 151: 5; Page158: 3,5; Page 168: 3; Page 186:4
Page 218: 4; Page 245: 4; Page 293: 1,3; Page 304: 5
Writing Assignment Options for Typed Essay 2
Choose one from the following Reading the Signs, NOT Reading the Text:
Reading the Signs: Page 469: 3; Page 472: 2; Page 474: 1; Page 482: 1; Page 487: 4; Page 532: 4; Page 541: 4; Page 552: 1,2; Page 567: 4,5; Page 613: 4
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