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Topic: Defining the California Dream
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Introduction to the course
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The Reading and Writing Process
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Introduction to the California Dream
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The Suburban California Dream: paradise or gridlock?
ESSAY ONE: THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
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Essay Organization
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Annotating and Questioning
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Interviews on the California Dream
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TUESDAY
Introduction to the course
WEDNESDAY
In California Dreams and Realities (CDR):
Introduction, 1-8
Chapter 1, 19-22
Rawls, 22-30
Kotkin, “Golden State May Be Blinded
By Its Luster” (Course Reader/
handout)
Steinhauer, “Pinch of Reality” (Course
Reader/handout)
THURSDAY
O’Brien, 75-77 (CDR)
Garreau, 298-307 (CDR)
Carle, 403-411 (CDR)
Garcia, 291-292 (CDR)
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6/29 (Tues): Discuss Syllabus and
Schedule. Discuss article.
6/30 (Wed): Journal entry
on James Rawls’ essay (22-30):
Answer at least 1 question from
“Understanding the Text” at the
end of the essay.
7/1 (Thurs): Complete interviews
on the California Dream and bring
typed interview to class. Journal
entry on Garreau’s essay in CDR.
Answer at least 1 question from
“Understanding the Text.”
In-class Essay #1. Bring
Course Reader to class.
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Topic: Place and Identity
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Work on Essay 1: Brainstorming, outlining, gathering ideas.
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Sentence-Level work: Appositives
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Understanding How Different Places Shape our Identity
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TUESDAY
Creamer, 432-434 (CDR)
English-Lueck, 236-242 (CDR)
Lewis, 293-297 (CDR)
Hanson, 428-431 (CDR)
May, “Suburban Eden” (Course
Reader)
WEDNESDAY'>WEDNESDAY
Street, 421-425 (CDR)
Warning Sign, 420 (CDR)
Haslam, 411-415 (CDR)
Arax, “The Last Valley” (Course
Reader)
Bring a Thesis Statement and Rough Draft to class.
THURSDAY
Bring Essay 1 to class.
Davis, “The Case for Letting Malibu
Burn” (Course Reader)
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7/6 (Tues): Bring a P.I.E.
paragraph to class. Finish lesson
on Appositives. Journal entry on
either Creamer OR Hanson:
Answer 1 question that
follows the essay from
“Understanding the Text.” Journal
entry on either the essay
by Lewis OR English-Lueck.
Bring a brief summary of May’s
“Suburban Eden.”
7/7 (Wed): Journal entry on the essay by Street. Brief summary of Arax’s chapter in Course Reader.
Thesis Workshop: Bring a Thesis
that responds to the Essay 1
prompt for a Thesis Workshop.
Bring a Rough Draft of Essay 1
for a Peer Review Workshop.
7/8 (Thurs) ESSAY 1 DUE IN
CLASS. In-class Essay #2.
Bring a brief summary of Davis’
chapter.
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Topic: California History: Spanish Conquest and the Gold Rush
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Fact, Inference, and Interpretation
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Spanish Conquest and Gold Rush
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In-class essay writing: purpose and strategies
MIDTERM_EXAM____TUESDAY'>MIDTERM EXAM
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TUESDAY
Read lectures in Course Reader:
California History: Spanish Conquest
and the Gold Rush.
Rawls, Chapter 3, “Discovery,
Exploration, and Founding” (Course
Reader)
Montalvo, 31-33 (CDR)
WEDNESDAY
Rawls, Chapter 8, “The Gold Rush
and Economic Development” (Course
Reader)
THURSDAY
Midterm Exam
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7/13 (Tues): Bring 2-3 discussion
questions from lectures in Course
Reader.
Journal entry on Rawls Chapter
3 in Course Reader: identify
important facts and draw
inferences from these facts.
7/14 (Wed) Homework Activity:
Bring a paragraph in P.I.E. format
about The Gold Rush.
7/15 (Thurs) MIDTERM: In-class essay. Bring Course Reader and CDR.
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ESSAY TWO: NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE GOLD RUSH
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California Indian History
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Begin Exterminate Them!
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Sentence-Level Work: Verbal Phrases
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Close Reading Guidelines
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TUESDAY
Read lecture in Course Reader:
California Indian History
Miranda, 72-73 (CDR)
Lowry, 74 (CDR)
Soto, 426-427 (CDR)
Rawls, Chapter 2, “Original
Californians” (Course Reader)
WEDNESDAY
Exterminate Them!: “Introduction” (1-31)
THURSDAY
Exterminate Them!: Chapter 1 (35-53)
Exterminate Them!: Chapter 2
(55-70)
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7/20 (Tues): Bring 2-3 discussion
questions from lecture in Course
Reader. Journal entry on
either Miranda or Soto’s poem:
Answer at least 1 Question from
“Understanding the Text.” Finish
lesson on Verbal Phrases.
7/21 (Wed): Bring a response to Exterminate Them!: Introduction (directions given in class).
7/22 (Thurs): Homework Activity on Introduction to Exterminate Them!: Explain how religion and particularly the Spanish mission system were used to control or change Native American ways of life. Also, what is one important thing that you learned about California history from reading the Introduction? Write 2
paragraphs in response.
In-class Essay #3.
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