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• Read The Rough Guide pages ix-x and 3-19.
• Read "The Conundrum of Consumption" and "Hooray for Global Warming" in the class reader.
  
• Register for CompClass using the access code you purchased at the bookstore. You will see a list of assignments in the top righthand corner of the main page when you log in. Complete the following two diagnostic quizzes: Basic Grammar and Punctuation.
• Read the first essay instructions and come prepared to take notes on An Inconvenient Truth

• Log in to CompClass and take the following diagnostic quizzes: Sentence Grammar and Sentence Style.
• Read pages 21-46 of From Inquiry to Academic Writing.

• Final Draft: An Inconvenient Truth response paper. Follow the essay format instruction in your course reader. Turn in the final draft in a folder with a blank grade sheet. Optional: you may want to use the outline worksheet in your course reader to help you structure the essay.
• Read pages 21-42 of The Rough Guide to Climate Change and come prepared to discuss. Review pages 3-19.

• Grammar version due (see essay instructions).
• Diagnostic quizzes due on CompClass

• Read your chapter in The Rough Guide. Email me if you are not sure which chapter you are assigned.
• Reread the chapter and annotate it. Underline main points and memorable passages.  Write notes on questions, main points, vocabulary, and/or your own responses. I will glance at your copy in class and give homework credit if you underlined and annotated throughout the chapter.
• Make a list of at least 10 main points from the chapter. Summarize each point in one sentence, and number the sentences. You might consider writing one sentence per subsection of the chapter.
• Write 5 short answer quiz questions (not yes/no or true/false) on the most important points in the chapter.

• Practice your part of your group's presentation.
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is perhaps the largest and most frequently cited international authority on climate change.  It is also the first source of information for the book The Rough Guide to Climate Change, which is our first source of information for this class.  Read the descriptions of the IPCC on page 9 and then pages 287-289 of the Rough Guide.  Read the IPCC's self-description at http://www.ipcc.ch/about/index.htm.  You are also welcome to research the IPCC further online if you wish.
  
  Log in to our CompClass website and click on "The IPCC: Trustworthy or Not?" Then write a post of approximately one paragraph (5-7 sentences) in which you discuss the credibility of the IPCC.  You should quote at least two phrases or sentences from the sources mentioned above.  What, if anything, leads you to trust this source and what, if anything, raises questions for you about the neutrality and objectivity of the panel? Finally, read your classmates' posts and respond to at least one of them. You will receive homework credit based on the fullness of your post and response.

Review your notes from Friday's presentations and prepare for part two of the quiz. Read the chapter headings and look for main points in the book on the last three chapters covered on Friday.

Read "The Curse of Akkad" by Elizabeth Kolbert and "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury in our course reader.

Pick out 10 vocabulary words from the two readings that you do not know. On a separate sheet of paper write the dictionary definition of each word. Then explain what the word means in the sentence in the story.

Discussion of "The Curse of Akkad" and "There Will Come Soft Rains."

Integrating quotations

1. Corrections round one: "Fix the purple on the paper." Correct as many of the errors underlined in purple on your essay as you can on your own.
2. Write down any questions you have for me about my comments.
3. Read pages 152-159 in From Inquiry to Academic Writing + 421-430 in Rules for Writers (sections 54b and the beginning of 55a).
4. Look at your essay and find all the places where you use a quotation or a specific example from the text. Have you introduced the material correctly and cited it? Choose three sentences where you introduce a quotation or example and copy and paste them into another document. Fix any errors.

• Read "Holy Water" by Joan Didion in your course reader
• Write a one page response in which you discuss the following questions: Fundamentally, why is Didion so obsessed with water?  How did she try to draw us in to share her fascination? Did you feel fascinated by water at the end of the essay? Do a little research online to find out how global warming is predicted to affect the California water supply.  Do you think Didion would have more faith than Elizabeth Kolbert in technology as a solution to potential water shortage problems? Why or why not? Do you think she would have more faith than Ray Bradbury?

1. Read pages 25-28 on annotation in From Inquiry to Academic Writing.
2. Read and annotate "Doomsday Fears and Modern Life" by Norman Podhoretz in the course reader.
3. Pick out 10 vocabulary words from the essay. On a separate sheet of paper write the dictionary definition of each word. Then explain in your own words what the term means in the sentence in the story.
4. Number the paragraphs in "Doomsday Fears." On a separate sheet of paper, write a numbered list of statements which summarize the paragraphs. Each one-sentence summary should give the main idea of one of Podhoretz's paragraphs.

Read The Great Thirst: Looking ahead to a post-global warming life in California

Complete the comparison worksheet.

• Read the Midterm Instructions
• Choose the ad you will focus on for your midterm.
• Research all claims of fact in the ad and make a page of notes on their accuracy. List the outside sources you use.
• Write one page of typed brainstorm on the claims in your ad, the persuasive strategies, and the overall fairness and effectiveness of the ad.

• Read the midterm grade sheet.
• Do an outline for your midterm.
• Bring a print card with at least fifty cents on it. You can get one at the library. Batmale 301 also has print cards available for you to put money on.

• Required: grammar version of the midterm
• Works Cited page
• Turn in extra credit writing lab/reading tutor documentation

Second essay corrections round one. Try to fix the errors underlined in purple by writing directly on the paper. No error log for this round.

In the course reader, read “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell (118-127)

“First, Step Up” by Bill McKibben (68-70)

“Burlington, Vermont” by Elizabeth Kolbert (98-107)

Read "Reading as an act of composing: Annotating" pages 25-27 in From Inquiry to Academic Writing

Read and annotate for homework credit the following:

• "A Generational Challenge to Repower America" (74-84)
• "Gore Electric" (85-86)
• Gore's Nutty Idea" (87-88)
• Next, pick out 10 vocabulary words from Monday and Wedesday's readings. On a separate sheet of paper, write the dictionary definition of each word. Then write a sentence where you explain what the word means in the sentence in the story. One way to do that is to paraphrase the sentence in the story but use another word instead of the vocabulary word.

Bring your Rules for Writers handbook to class

• Midterm corrections round one. Try to fix the errors underlined in purple by writing directly on the paper. No error log for this round.
• Read and annotate "Chill Out" (108-111) and "The Conundrum of Consumption" (18-23)
• Watch The Story of Stuff video online
• Post three times to the CompClass messageboard on solutions
• Bring Rules for Writers to class

Log in to CompClass and take the reading quiz

Typed rough draft of the Corrections Round Two for the second essay and midterm (Type out all the error names and sentences with the errors. Do at least half of the fixes and explanations.)

Bring Rules for Writers handbook to class

Read the instructions for the research paper.

Spend at least an hour exploring possible research topics in The Rough Guide to Climate Change and on the global warming links page.

Post descriptions of two possible topics that interest you to the topics messageboard on CompClass

Read The Revenge of Gaia pages 1-14

Revision Plan: download the template and fill it out (Word format) (Rich Text Format )

Read The Revenge of Gaia pages 66-77

Complete Library Workshop B online (click "Register for an online workshop" and then enter your information and select "Workshop B"). Finish the assignment described in the workshop and bring it to a CCSF librarian for review. The librarian will give you a "proof of attendance" slip to show your completion of the workshop. Bring this slip to receive two homework credits.

Read "From Identifying Issues to Forming Questions," pages 65-82 in From Inquiry to Academic Writing

Read or skim section 49 in Rules for Writers (383-397)

Write or type a half page description of your research topic. What central question do you hope to answer for yourself and for the reader in the process of researching and writing this paper?

Continue working on your research paper. Read or skim "From Finding to Evaluating Sources," pages 105-124 in From Inquiry to Academic Writing

Bring in a list of all relevant publication information for at least four sources that you intend to cite in your research paper.

Email to yourself or bring on disk an electronic copy of the Works Cited page for the essay you are revising. Using your handbook, correct any problems with the Works Cited page to the best of your ability before class.

Read the Presentation Grade Sheet so you understand what's involved in the presentation

Revision grammar version (optional)

Read section 51 on notetaking for a research project, pages 405-410 in Rules for Writers

Continue working on your research paper

A folder with the following in order:

1. Completed Feedback Request Form
2. Blank Research Paper Grade Sheet
3. Final draft of research paper
4. Works Cited page
5. Rough draft of research paper with peer review comments or Writing Lab stamp
6. Outline of research paper

• Grammar version of research paper (can include a new version of the Works Cited page)
• Finish The Revenge of Gaia (135-159)
• Post three times to the CompClass messageboard on The Revenge of Gaia

Read the new postings on the messageboard to get ideas for the final exam.

Brainstorm one full typed page on the final exam topic.

Final exam topic: Choose one chapter or section of a chapter from the second half of The Revenge of Gaia that is 25 pages or less. Write an analysis of the strategies James Lovelock uses to try to persuade the reader in this section. What is he trying to convince us of? How effective are his strategies at persuading you? Focus on what is in the text, not on outside research.

Full assignment description.

Bring a print card with enough money on it to print your final.

Download the course evaluation, type directly into it, print it, circle "English 1A " and fold it for homework credit. No need to write your name. I will check you off when I see you put one in the envelope on the day of the final.

If you would like feedback on your final exam, complete a Feedback Request Form and attach a self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage to your exam.

Bring any extra credit Writing Lab and Reading Lab records.