Week 1

1. In-class writing sample
2. Syllabus

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read the articles on writing and complete the discussion questions.
(2) Complete your student questionnaire.

1. Introduction to English 100 AK
2. Icebreaker
3. Discuss "The Transaction" and "Watcher at the Gates"

HOMEWORK:
2 copies of your writing sample, "You, the Expert."

1. Collect Essay #1
2. Icebreaker
3. "Your Personal Sense of History"

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read "Filipinos and Filipinas in America" by Rick Bonus (pp. 124-136 in Course Reader).
(2) Answer Discussion Questions (p. 123).

1. "Filipinos and Filipinas in America" by Rick Bonus
2. "It Was A Warm Summer Day" by Al Robles (p. 145)

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read "The Predicament of Filipinos in the United States" by E. San Juan (pp. 138-144 in Course Reader).
(2) Write a 1- to 2-page (typed, double-spaced) summary and response paper to the article.

SUMMARY: Using evidence from the text (quoting accurately and citing page numbers), identify and summarize the key points of San Juan's argument: What are the reasons for the "continuing 'invisibility' or 'forgottenness' of the Filipinos in the United States"? What does he suggest that the Filipino community do to address these issues?

RESPONSE: Do you agree with his ideas? Why or why not?

Week 3

1. "Take a Stand" ACTIVITY
2. Go over Essay #2 prompt (pp. 121-122)
3. Thesis statements

HOMEWORK:
(1) Formal Freewrite #1: In a 1- to 2-page, typed response, answer the questions on the assignment sheet about your own personal history.
(2) Bring in a draft of your thesis statement.
(3) Read p. 55 (Topic Sentences) and p. 46 (Writing Plans) in Course Reader.

1. Thesis statements workshop
2. Narrative vs. expository
3. Topic sentences
4. Writing plans

HOMEWORK:
(1) Do the exercises for "Topic Sentences" on pp. 56-57 in Course Reader.
(2) Bring in 2 copies of your writing plan.

Week 4

1. Mini peer review on writing plans
2. PIE paragraphs
3. Sentence focus

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read "Reader-Friendly Paragraphs" on p. 105 in Course Reader.
(2) Do "Sentence Focus (3)" on p. 79 in Course Reader.
(3) Read articles on peer review on pp. 59-61 in Course Reader.

1. Using quotations
2. Using MLA documentation style
3. Guidelines for peer review

HOMEWORK:
(1) Complete "Now It's Your Turn..." handout.
(2) Bring 3 copies of your rough draft for peer review.

Week 5

PEER REVIEW

HOMEWORK:
Bring in one copy of your revised rough draft.
NOTE: Check Answer Key for "Now It's Your Turn..." handout.

1. Essay format
2. Proofreading
3. Coordinating & subordinating conjunctions

HOMEWORK:
(1) Essay #2 packet.

1. Correct essay format (p. 11-14)
2. All of your rough drafts.
3. Both of your peer review sheets.
4. 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
5. Process questionnaire (p. 63) --- on a separate sheet of paper.

(2) Bring in your copy of Almost Americans by Patricia Justiniani McReynolds by next week.

Essay #2 packet due.

1. Connotation vs. denotation
2. Terms for multiraciality

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read "Everyone Seemed to be White or Black, a Full Race" by Lisa Graham (pp. 154-159 in Course Reader).
(2) Read "The Emerging Hapa Community" by Wei Ming Dariotis (pp. 147-153).
(3) Formal Freewrite #2: In a 1- to 2-page, typed response, summarize the main points of one of the articles, then write a reaction to it: What new information did you learn or surprised you? Do you agree or disagree with the author's views? Could you personally relate to any of the concepts that were discussed in the article?

1. Discuss the Dariotis and Graham articles
2. "Journal Entry Guidelines" (p. 161)
3. "Group Presentations and Reading Schedule" (pp. 162-163)

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read Ch. 1-5 (pp. 11-67) in Almost Americans.
(2) Journal Entry #1
(3) Group #1: Prepare for group presentation.

Week 7

Week 8

Group #4 Presentation

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read Ch. 21-Epilogue (pp. 251-349) in Almost Americans.
(2) Journal Entry #5 and #6.
(3) Groups #5 and #6: Prepare for group presentations.

Week 9

NO CLASS MEETING
Writing Plan Conferences for Essay #3

Week 10: SPRING BREAK

Week 11

1. Discuss the articles for Maria P. P. Root's Filipino Americans: Transformation and Identity

#4 – “Colonialism’s Legacy: The Inferiorizing of the Filipino”
#5 – “Coming Full Circle: Narratives of Decolonization Among Post-1965 Fil Ams”
#6 – “Contemporary Mixed Heritage Fil Ams: Fighting Colonized Identities”
#7 – “Fil Am Identity: Transcending the Crisis”
#9 – “Mail-Order Brides: An Emerging Community”
#11 – “The Day the Dancers Stayed: On PCNs”
#12 – “Pamantasan: Fil Am Higher Education”
#16 – “Tomboy, Dyke, Lezzie, and Bi: Filipina Lesbian and Bisexual Women…”
#17 – “At the Frontiers of Narrative: The Mapping of Filipino Gay Men’s Lives…

2. Noun phrase appositives
3. Essay coherence

HOMEWORK:
(1) Essay #3 packet.

1. Correct essay format (p. 11-14)
2. All of your rough drafts.
3. Both of your peer review sheets.
4. 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
5. Process questionnaire (p. 63) --- on a separate sheet of paper.

(2) Bring in your copy of Maria P. P. Root's Filipino Americans: Transformation and Identity.
(3) Choose an article that you are interested in presenting/writing about.

Week 12 

1. Go over Essay #4 prompt (p. 164)
2. Work on group presentations.

HOMEWORK:
(1) Essay #3 packet.

1. Your writing plan.
2. All of your rough drafts.
3. Both of your peer review sheets.
4. Four noun phrase appositives underlined.
5. 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
6. Process questionnaire (p. 63)

(2) Read the “Foreword” and “Preface” of Filipino Americans: Transformation and Identity. (pp. ix-xv)
(3) Prepare for group presentations.

Essay #3 packet due.

Groups #4, 5, and 6 Presentations

HOMEWORK:
Prepare for group presentations.

Week 13

Group #7 Presentation

HOMEWORK:
Prepare for group presentations.

Groups # 9, 11, and 12

HOMEWORK:
Prepare for group presentations.

Week 14

Groups #16 and 17 Presentations

HOMEWORK:
3 copies of your rough draft for peer response

PEER REVIEW

HOMEWORK:
(1) Essay #4 packet due on Thursday, 5/5.

1. Correct essay format (p. 11-14)
2. All of your rough drafts.
3. Both of your peer review sheets.
4. Four verbals (underlined).
5 . 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
6 . Process questionnaire (p. 63) --- on a separate sheet of paper.

Week 15

1. Verbals
2. Anticipation Guide (p. 167)
3. Group Research Mini-Project (p. 168)

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read “Living in the Shadows: The Undocumented Immigrant Experience of Filipinos” by Concepcion A. Montoya (pp. 112-120 in Filipino Americans: Transformation and Identity).
(2) Formal Freewrite #3: In a 1- to 2-page, typed response, summarize the main points of the article, then write a reaction to it: What new information did you learn or surprised you? Do you agree or disagree with the author's views? Could you personally relate to any of the concepts that were discussed in the article?
(3) Verbal Phrases (3) on pp. 103-104 in Course Reader

1. Discuss Montoya, “Living in the Shadows: The Undocumented Immigrant Experience of Filipinos”
2. Work on group projects.

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read articles on the Cuevas family deportation case (pp. 169-183 in Course Reader).
(2) Listen to the interview with the Cuevas children on NPR.
(3) Group Research Mini-Project

1. Go over Essay #5 prompt (pp. 165-166)
2. Go over the "Arguments & Counterarguments" worksheet (pp. 184-185)
3 . Concessives
4 . Work on group projects.

HOMEWORK:
Group Research Mini-Project

Essay #4 packet due.
Group Research Mini-Project Presentations

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read "Using Evidence" and "Shaping Arguments" (pp. 71-75 in Course Reader)
(2) Do any additional research on the topic, as necessary.
(3) Complete the "Arguments & Counterarguments" worksheet (pp. 184-185).

GUEST SPEAKER

1. "Give One, Get One" ACTIVITY (p. 186)
2 . Essay organization (p. 187)

HOMEWORK:
3 copies of your rough draft for peer response

PEER REVIEW

HOMEWORK:
1. Bring in one copy of your revised rough draft.
2. Read Roberts, "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words" (pp. 34-40 in Course Reader)
3. Complete the exercises (pp. 41-42)

1. Roberts, "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words"
2. "Works Cited" page

HOMEWORK:
Essay #5 packet.

1. Correct essay format (p. 11-14)
2. All of your rough drafts.
3. Both of your peer review sheets.
4. 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
5. Process questionnaire (p. 63) --- on a separate sheet of paper.

 

Essay #5 packet due.

Discuss final exam

HOMEWORK:
On the day of the exam (Thursday, 5/25 @ 8:10 am), please bring:

• A blue book
• Pens to write your exams
• Something to read or to do after the exam is finished --- you cannot leave early
• OPTIONAL: Dictionary, thesaurus, electronic speller