Instructor: A. Beaudin

Voice Mail (NOT an office phone): (203) 392-6721

Office Hours: MW 7:35-8:05pm, EN D258

email: beaudina1@southernct.edu

AIM Screen Name: A L Beaudin · MSN Screen Name: AndreaBeaudin@hotmail.com (no email)

Schedule (subject to revision as necessary). Assignments are listed on the day that they are due.

9/29

SMH: Error 8 (comma splice) and 18 (fused sentence). Read Intro. Sec. 8 &18, and Chapter 39. Complete 39.1 (follow instructions!).

RA: Deborah Tannen, “The Roots of Debate…The Hope of Dialogue” (233-53). Complete AWC.

10/01

RA: Horatio Alger, selection from “Ragged Dick” (298-305) and the selection from Rose Blue and Corinne Naden’s “Colin Powell: Straight to the Top” (305-11). Complete a separate AWC for each text.

LS: Introduce yourself to the rest of the community by emailing eng100ab@lists.southernct.edu. (Make sure that you've subscribed to the listserv first, and that you email the list from the same address from which you subscribed.)

Email/Post Subject Line: Provide your name and an appropriate "grabber”–perhaps "Welcome to the World of Andrea Beaudin"; it may be a little "corny," but people will know it’s about you.

Email/Post Content: Should respond to the following questions, but read in prose form:

• What's your name? (first name, last initial is fine)

• What's your class designation (First year, sophomore, etc.)?

• What's your major (and if you haven't decided, what major[s] are you leaning towards)?

• What drew you to your major?

• How do you think the ways of thinking in your major may influence your approach to writing?

• Why did you choose to attend Southern?

• What are your hobbies or interests? What do you do in your spare time?

• Do you go online at all? If you do, how do you spend your online time?

• List a few sites for us to visit that reflect your tastes (if you're not often online, visit Google and type a hobby or two in the search box; maybe you'll see something that interests you).

• Anything else you'd like for us to know about you?

Before posting, review the suggestions at cundrie.com for posting to the listserv.

Remember, the LS is a place for you to continue learning outside of the classroom. Although I may request that you post specific research findings, observations, or responses based on work I assign, I would hope that you would also take advantage of the listserv’s opportunities for exchange and self-guided learning. If that’s not incentive enough, your grade is based on both completion of listserv assignments and independent listserv work. How can you initiate and cultivate a productive online conversation concerning the issues we’re grappling with in class?

10/06

RA: Gregory Mantsios, “Class in America: Myths and Realities” (318-34). Complete AWC.
SMH:  Error 9 (Missing or Misplaced Possessive Apostrophe). Read Intro. Sec. 9. and Ch. 51. Complete 51.2-3.

10/08

LS: Locate an online article, news item, image, or web site that you believe is “in conversation with” the cultural myth of success in the United States. Post a link to the item along with your reasons that you believe this example is important (and why). If the link seems too long, try visiting a site like tinyurl.com, which allows you to shorten links so that they will fit on one line (nifty for listserv use). RA: Studs Terkel, “Stephen Cruz” (335-40) and Anne Witte Garland’s “Good Noise: Cora Tucker” (340-51). Complete separate AWC for each.

10/13

LS: As we near midterm, it’s a good time to begin to consider what your greatest challenges with writing are and what strategies you’ve developed (or are developing) to meet those challenges. Post to the list—you may find that you are not alone! For Class: Begin construction conceptual definition of success, making sure to encompass your main classifications (I’s, II’s, III’s) and roughly outlining your second level of organization. As always, your final paper will use the texts we’ve covered in RA (plus any others you deem appropriate) to support your definition/claim. WS: We will review definitions and discuss development. SMH: Error 12 (Sentence Fragment). Read Intro. Section 12 and Chapter 40. Complete 40.1-2. Midterm Review (in class).

10/15

Midterm

10/20

Essay III (The Myth of Success) Due. SMH: Error 11 (Unnecessary shift in pronoun). Read Intro. Section 11 and Chapter 38. Complete 38.1. RA: Unit IV Introduction: “True Women and Real Men: Myths of Gender” (402-07). Holly Devor, “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender” (414-23). Complete AWC for each.