Possible Credence Clearwater Revival’s Son” “Fortunate Bruce Springsteen’s in the USA” texts/works for “Born Paul and Mary’s Have All the Flowers Gone” “Where further study Old Crow Medicine Show’s Time in the Jungle” “Big Billy Joel’s Saigon” “Goodnight Nick Ut’s photograph Napalm” (1972) “Vietnam Various photographs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by artist Maya Lin Art Buchwald’s Haak Plan Selection of political cartoons and photos Picasso’s Guernica Selections from Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone Wilfred Own’s Et Decorum Es” “Dulce Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade” Yusef Komunyakaa’s It” “Facing Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are a’Changin’ Churchill’s speech (WWII) George W. Bush’s speech (Iraqi War) Patrick Henry’s speech to the Virginia Convention Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence Martin Luther King Jr.’s from a Birmingham Jail” “Letter Henry David Thoreau’s the Duty of Civil Disobedience” “On Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address JFK’s Inaugural Address Queen Elizabeth’s speech to her troops at Tilsbury Possible Writing Three versions of a family story Assignments: Analyze O’Brien’s use of tone, details, and repetition Unit Two Introduction to the course/Critical Reading Test Modes Textbook: Language of Composition Chapter 1 rhetorical situation Chapter 2 close reading and analytical writing Chapter 3 argument Chapter 4 synthesis Possible Ralph Ellison’s essay “Yardbird” Annie Dillard’s Death of a Moth” texts/works for “The Martin Luther King Jr.’s from Birmingham Jail” “Letter Additional Study Senator Ellison Smith’s 1924 Congressional Address Benjamin Banneker’s letter to Thomas Jefferson John M. Barry’s description of the Mississippi River Florence Kelley’s speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association Nancy Mairs’ passage (Cripple) Joan Didion passages (Phi Beta Kappa)
Possible texts/works for further study Credence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” Paul and Mary’s “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Big Time in the Jungle” Billy Joel’s “Goodnight Saigon” Nick Ut’s photograph “Vietnam Napalm” (1972) Various photographs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by artist Maya Lin Art Buchwald’s Haak Plan Selection of political cartoons and photos Picasso’s Guernica Selections from Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone Wilfred Own’s “Dulce Et Decorum Es” Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade” Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Facing It” Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are a’Changin’ Churchill’s speech (WWII) George W. Bush’s speech (Iraqi War) Patrick Henry’s speech to the Virginia Convention Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Henry David Thoreau’s “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address JFK’s Inaugural Address Queen Elizabeth’s speech to her troops at Tilsbury Possible Writing Assignments: Three versions of a family story Analyze O’Brien’s use of tone, details, and repetition Unit Two Introduction to the course/Critical Reading Test Modes Textbook: Language of Composition Chapter 1 rhetorical situation Chapter 2 close reading and analytical writing Chapter 3 argument Chapter 4 synthesis Possible texts/works for Additional Study Ralph Ellison’s “Yardbird” essay Annie Dillard’s “The Death of a Moth” Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Senator Ellison Smith’s 1924 Congressional Address Benjamin Banneker’s letter to Thomas Jefferson John M. Barry’s description of the Mississippi River Florence Kelley’s speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association Nancy Mairs’ passage (Cripple) Joan Didion passages (Phi Beta Kappa)
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