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Unit One: Reading and Writing with Crossing America
Welcome Message
Introduction to Reading Literature and Writing About Literature
Student Essay Entitled “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World”
How to Read Any Passage Effectively
“Student Commencement Address at Southwest Tennessee Community College” by Andy Ling
Literary Analysis
“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
Summarizing
How to Write a Summary
Paraphrasing
How to Paraphrase
Plagiarism
SQ9R — A Writing Strategy That Works
Unit Two: American Foundations (Narration)
Idioms for a New Nation
Narration: Points to Consider
Purpose
Point of View
Tone
Inference
Order of Sentences
Transitional Devices Used in Narrative Writing
Verb Usage
Organization
Sentence Structure Errors
Direct and Indirect Quotations
Verb Tense
Reading Before Writing
“Constitution Day” by Lynne V. Cheney
Jacques Lajonie Lapeyre Correspondence…Excerpts
“Follow the Drinking Gourd” by Anonymous
“Water Bugs” by Peter Blue Cloud
Reflective Assignments
Internet Field Trips — Reading and Writing Assignments
Films to View
Summary of Unit 2 — American Foundations — Narration
Unit Three: Traditions and Celebrations (Description)
Idioms for Holidays and Celebrations
Description: Points to Consider
Purpose
Types of Descriptive Writing
Organization
Transitional Devices Used in Descriptive Writing
Concrete Language Versus Vague and Abstract Wording
Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Participles
Reading Before Writing
“El Olto Lado” from Caramelo by SandraCisneros
“Packing for America” by Frank McCourt (Life)
“Slightly Damp, Parade Goers Still Dressed for the Occasion” by Charles Cochran
“Day of the Refugios” by Alberto Rios
Reflective Assignments
Internet Field Trips — Reading and Writing Assignments
Films to View
Summary of Unit 3 — Traditions and Celebrations - Description
Unit Four: American Folklore (Comparison and Contrast)
Idioms for American Folklore
Comparison and Contrast: Points to Consider
Purpose
Tone
Transitional Devices
Organization
Topic Sentences and thesis Statements
Punctuation of Conjunctive Adverbs and Subordinate Conjunctions
Reading Before Writing
“What is Folklife?” Excerpts from “A Commonwealth of Cultures” by Mary Hufford
“Tam and Cam (A Cinderella Tale from Vietnam)” by Anonymous
“The Invisible One” (A Cinderella-style Micmac Native legend.) from Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
“Cinderella” by Anne Sexton
“Present at Creation: The Origins of the Legend of John Henry” by Stephen Wade
“John Henry” by Zora Neal Hurston
”John Henry Blues” by Fiddlin’ Joe Carson
“Babe the Blue Ox” retold by S. E. Schlosser
“Six to Eight Black Men” by David Sedaris
Reflective Assignments
Internet Field Trips — Reading and Writing Assignments
Films to View
Summary of Unit 4 — American Folklore — Comparison and Contrast
Unit Five: Landmarks (Process Analysis)
Idioms for Landmarks
Process Analysis: Points to Consider
Purpose
Types of Process Writing
Organization
Transitional Devices
Point of View and Tense
Point of View
Reading Before Writing
“Jaunts: Atlanta to Montgomery to Memphis: A Family Trip Through History” by Carlton Winfrey
“A and P” by John Updike
“A Chinese Kitchen” by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
“Telling the Story” by Naomi Shihab Nye
“In the inner city” by Lucille Clifton
Reflective Assignments
Internet Field Trips — Reading and Writing Assignments
Films to View
Summary of Unit 5 — Landmarks — Process Analysis
Unit Six: American Music (Classification)
Idioms for Classical Music
Classification: Points to Consider
Purpose
Organization and Development
Transitional Devices
Parallelism
Reading Before Writing
“Types of Folk Music” by Sarah Wilfong
“I Hear America Singing” from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
“La Música Mexicana” by Ellen Jane Rainey
“Nineteen Fifty-Five” by Alice Walker
Reflective Assignments
Internet Field Trips — Reading and Writing Assignments
Films to View
Summary of Unit 6 — American Music — Classification
Unit Seven: American Lifestyle (Cause and Effect)
Idioms for American Lifestyles
Cause and Effect: Points to Consider
Purpose
Organization and Plan
Order of Causes and Effects
Clear Reasoning
Transitional Words
Tone
Fragments with Subordinate Clauses
Reading Before Writing
“How Things Work” by Gary Soto
“Vietnam to America: An 18-hour Flight, or an Impossible Journey?” by Andrew Lam
“Hoofbeats on Fletcher Street” by Johnny Dwyer
“Ringtail” by Rudolph Fisher
Reflective Assignments
Internet Field Trips — Reading and Writing Assignments
Films to View
Summary of Unit 7 — American Lifestyle — Cause and Effect Analysis
Unit Eight: New Frontiers (Argumentation)
Idioms for New Frontiers
Argumentation: Points to Consider
Purpose
Organization and Plan
Argumentative Paragraphs
Argumentative Essays
Transitional Expressions
Language and Tone
Emotion and Reason
Plagiarism
Strong Verbs
Reading Before Writing
“Act II” by Diane Brady
“There’ll Be No Place to Hide in Our Brave New Biometric World” by Paul Saffo
“Technology and Medicine” by Rafael Campo from The Other Man Was Me: A Voyage to the New World by Raphael Campo
“The End of the Beginning” by Ray Bradbury
“Astronauts, Teachers Converse at Ames” by Julie O’Shea
“From Space Station, NASA Astronaut Ed Lu '84 Speaks with CU Students” by Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.
Reflective Assignments
Internet Field Trips — Reading and Writing Assignments
Films to View
Summary of Unit 8 — New Frontiers - Argumentation
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