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 * Things you must learn how to do first:**

1.Get to know this wikispace platform because this is what we are going to use. __ //**YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR YOUR OWN WIKISPACE ACCOUNT AND REQUEST MEMBERSHIP TO EDIT THIS PAGE.**// __ 2.Your grades will still be entered into the portal but everything else is to be uploaded to your Personal Wikispaces page. //Papers will be handed in on paper but many of your other assignments CAN be uploaded.// 3.The instructions on how to upload docs can be found here:

__//**Course Schedule:**//__ = “You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, not look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books. You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, you shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.” = media type="youtube" key="z4jeREy7Pbc" width="560" height="315" //**"The Offensive Movie Cliche That Won't Die" p. 407 SOL**//
 * Week 16**
 * December 9**
 * "Race Relations LIght Years From Earth" p. 412 SOL**
 * December 11**
 * "The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts" p. 580 SOL**

//**"In Living Color: Race and American Culture" p. 625 SOL**// //**"Acting White" by Buck p. 637 SOL**// [|Annotated Bib Sample]
 * Week 15**
 * December 2**

//**December 4**//
 * //Laird's "The Boondocks: Carrying On the Tradition of Subversive Black Comedy" p. 359 SOL//**

//**Singer's "On Campus, It's One Big Commercial" p. 837 NORTON**// //**November 27**// //**NO CLASS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY**//
 * Week 14**
 * November 25**

//**Garrett's "Why We Love Tv's Anti-heroes" p. 318 SOL**//
 * Week 13**
 * November 18**

//**November 20**// //**Weinman's "Fox News Attempts to Get Funny" p. 347 SOL**// media type="youtube" key="6o_3UIhK-Pw" width="420" height="315" media type="youtube" key="_1t8toPJNyE" width="420" height="315" media type="youtube" key="5YzROHkUZ5s" width="560" height="315" media type="youtube" key="D3Lv6tINW8I" width="560" height="315"

//**Carl Matheson's "The Simpsons, Hyper-Irony, and the Meaning of Life" p. 305 SOL**//
 * Week 12**
 * November 11**

//**November 13**// //**NO CLASS (DOC APT)**// //**Consumer Report p. 779 in Norton**// //**p.364-376 SOL**//


 * November 4**
 * ROUGH DRAFT DUE**
 * PEER REVIEW SESSION**

'Changing the Face of Poverty" p. 667
 * November 6**

"Guys vs. Men" by Dave Barry Norton p. 915 "Fremont High School by Jonathan Kozol Norton p. 705
 * October 28**
 * 1. Define the term "manly" in your own words.**
 * 2. What does Barry mean by the following:**
 * a. "Guys Like Neat Stuff"**
 * b. "Guys Like a Really Pointless Challenge" and**
 * c. "Guys Do Not Have a Rigid and Well-Defined Moral Code?"**
 * 1. What is the problem with Fremont High School. Make a list of at least 12 bullet points.**
 * 2. How does your high school education measure up with Fremont's?**

"A Ballpark Louder Than It's Fans" by Kimmelman Norton p. 979 "Born this Way" by Rosen Norton p. 765
 * October 30**
 * Assign Paper**

Read "Making Geek Chic" (159) and "Commodify Your Dissent" (163)
 * October 21**
 * Free Write: Do you agree or disagree with this statement: "Only by breaking the rules do we discover who we are." Why or Why not?**

"'We are the 99 Percent' Joins the Cultural and Political Lexicon" Norton p. 679 "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%" Norton p. 746 media type="youtube" key="vwfoK3yfZGM" width="560" height="315"
 * October 23**

Bring Final Draft to Class In Class Activity TBA Read: "The Semiotics of Home Decor" by Joan Kron __//**(Free Write 8-10 min) Use this space to make a random sketch of one of the rooms in your home that you find the most decorated. What items would we find furnishing this room? How do these possessions act as signs of your identity?**//__
 * October 14**

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Read: S. Craig Watkins, " Fast Entertainment and Multitasking in an Always-On World"
 * October 16**

"What's In a Package" by Thomas Hine Paper Work
 * October 7**

"The Semiotics of Home Decor" by Joan Kron Papers Due
 * October 9**

Read Malcolm Gladwell's piece in SOL 97-104 Assign Paper- Compare/Contrast Notes P. 348-355 in the Norton
 * September 30**

Dawn of the Dead Mall in SOL 111-116 In Class Active Learning Exercise/Paper Assignment Compare/Contrast Notes P. 348-355 in the Norton Library WS Due = Big Brother, Big Business: The Data-Mining and Surveillance Industries =
 * October 2**

Read pages 90-96
 * September 23**

Meet in Library Computer Lab for Research Seminar
 * September 25**

Finish MLA Crash Course Begin Chapter 1. READ 81-89.
 * September 18**


 * September 16**
 * Read:** Jaschik's "A Stand Against Wikipedia" ( 65-68) and Gabriel's "For Students in Internet Age, No Shame in Copy and Paste" (71-74)

Begin MLA Crash Course //Signs of Life in the USA 23-64// Paper Due
 * September 11**

Rough Draft Peer Review Finish Discussion on Introduction in //Signs of Life in the USA// media type="youtube" key="OMZQkBjyknk" width="420" height="315" Bring in a literacy narrative of someone that interests you. This could be a family member or a famous person. I choose [|Tupac Shakur]
 * September 9**
 * September 2**
 * Take 10 minutes to tell me about the narrative you chose. How does reading or writing play a role in this person's life?**


 * How can we use multimedia in our literacy narratives?**
 * Work on Descriptions in class:**
 * 1. Describe one person that will appear in your narrative at great detail.**
 * 2. Exchange description with partner and we will use [|Bitstrips]**
 * 3. [|Funny boy]**
 * 4. [|With Honors]**
 * 5. [|Higher learning]**

September 4 __//Read://__
 * Introduction in //Signs of Life in the USA//**

August 26 media type="youtube" key="c9c9tgEHxGs" width="420" height="315" August 28** Free Writing Assignment (10 minutes): Do you remember when you first began to learn how to read and write? Talk about your experiences growing up where reading and/or writing was challenging. Also, take note of the people that may have helped you. Be prepared to take notes on Chapter 7 p. 42-51 .
 * Introduction to the Course and Wiki.**
 * The Dead White Guy **