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WOC190 Fall 2019 Session 1

Class Notes and Homework Assignments

Day 3

M-Tu Sept. 2-3

  • Begin close-reading “Orange Crush”

  • Read Home definition samples

  • Read Essay 1’s out loud

Homework

➤ Readings

Read “Orange Crush,” “Savoring a Sweet Taste of Southern Summers,” and (optional) “Buckeye.”

Note that an annotated version of “Southern Summers” is available here.

Choose whichever of these 3 essays you like best and write a paragraph (100-200 words) of observations about it. Print your observations and bring them to class.

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Yiyun Li, "Orange Crush"
Yiyun Li, "Orange Crush"

Author Yiyun Li recalls her first encounter with a Western luxury product in 1980s Beijing.

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Rick Bragg, "Savoring a Sweet Taste of Southern Summers"
Rick Bragg, "Savoring a Sweet Taste of Southern Summers"

Journalist Rick Bragg writes an ode to sweet iced tea, the archetypal Southern drink.

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Scott Russell Sanders, "Buckeye"
Scott Russell Sanders, "Buckeye"

Sanders writes about the special relationship between his father and the fruit of a local tree.

➤ Write observations for each classmate’s essay read today

For each piece of writing that was read out loud today, write a paragraph (100-200 words) of observations about it. Type your observations and print them out in such a format that your observations could be given directly to the student (i.e. each paragraph of observations should be on a separate paper).

➤ Be Ready to Read Your Work

If you want to read your Essay 1 for us this coming class, be ready to do so! I will ask for volunteers at the beginning of class.

Austin Woerner