McMahon English 1A Syllabus Summer 2016
Reading and Writing Schedule
May 31: Introduction, read "The Perpetual Adolescent"
June 1 “The Perpetual Adolescent” by Joseph Epstein (online) and “The Natural Order” by James Lasdun
June 2 “The Half Sister” and “The Incalculable Life Gesture” by James Lasdun
June 6 “The Old Man” and “Peter Kahn’s Third Wife” by James Lasdun
June 7 “An Anxious Man” and “Lime Pickle” by James Lasdun
June 8 “Caterpillars” and “It’s Beginning to Hurt” by James Lasdun
June 9 In-Class Writing Exam 1 (500 words)
June 13 Essay 1 Due (1,500 words with Works Cited page and 3 sources); "The Flight from Conversation"
June 14 Turkle’s online essay “The Flight from Conversation” and “The Quagmire of Social Media Friendships” 444
June 15 Turkle continued and “The Empathy Deficit” 464
June 16 In-Class Writing Exam 2 (500 words)
June 20 Essay 2 Due (1,500 words with Works Cited page and 3 sources) “From Degrading to De-Grading” 238a
June 21 “Everything You’ve Heard About Failing Schools Is Wrong” 252 and “Against School” 271; Learning in the Shadow of Race and Class” 287
June 22 “Unspeakable Conversations” 96 and “Our Baby, Her Womb” 418
June 23 In-Class Writing Exam 3 (500 words)
June 27 Essay 3 Due (1,500 words with Works Cited page and 3 sources) “Gooseberries” (listen to YouTube video) and “Gooseberries” explication
June 28 Frankl Lesson 1
June 29 Frankl Lesson 2
June 30 Frankl Lesson 3
July 4 Holiday
July 5 Frankl Lesson 4
July 6 Frankl Lesson 5
July 7 In-Class Exam (500 words)
July 11 Essay 4 Due (1,500 words with Works Cited page and 5 sources)
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