Week 10: Havana, Cuba

El Malecón

Tu 10.25
Read: HEART—p. 151-238
Class: Watch—Moby Dick: The True Story (2002); Assignment—Expository essay
Due: SYNTHESIS ESSAY (FINAL DRAFT, ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK)

Th 10.27
Class: Library research session—MLK Library in room 125 (Meet at the entrance facing Tower Hall—if you are late, you must wait until 8 AM to be let in)
Due: REFLECTION 5

Fr 10.28
Read: HEART—p. 151-238
Class: Library research session (MLK Library, Room 213 @ 10 AM—meet in BBC at our regular place and time); Reading discussion; Presentations; Watch—Moby Dick: The True Story (2002); Assignment—Expository essay
Due: SYNTHESIS ESSAY (FINAL DRAFT, ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK); REFLECTION 5

UPCOMING:

WEEK 11
Tu 11.1
Class: Reading discussion; Lecture—“Research Papers: The How-To”

Th 11.3
Class: Reading discussion; Writers workshop
Due: EXPOSITORY ESSAY (DRAFT 1, BRING IN THREE COPIES)

Fr 11.4
Read: eR—“The Legacy of Hurricane Katrina” (NPR), “Hurricane Katrina: The Essential Time Line” (National Geographic), “Katrina: Five Years After” (Time), “Requiem for a New Orleans Neighborhood” (Time), “Dr. Oz's Memories of Hurricane Katrina” (The Oprah Winfrey Show), “Did Global Warming Boost Katrina's Fury?” (ABC News)
Class: Reading discussion; Writers workshop; Watch—When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006);
Lecture—“Citing Sources 101” and “Research Papers: The How-To;” Assignment—Comparative Analysis
Due: EXPOSITORY ESSAY (DRAFT 1, BRING IN THREE COPIES)