Week 2 Agenda [Tentative]

Tuesday, September 5th

• Questions about Syllabus
• Writing Activity
• Discuss Moore's chapters
• Discussion Leader Schedule
• Homework
• read/bring Moore, “Writing the Nature Essay” (186-192) and “Writing the Travel Essay” (193-199) for discussion on Thursday
• post Reading Response #2 on our course blog by midnight on Wednesday, 9/6

Thursday, September 7th

• Quiz #2
• Discuss “Writing the Nature Essay” (186-192) and “Writing the Travel Essay” (193-199)
• Discuss Your Nature/Travel Essay
• Homework
• start your Nature or Travel Essay in Google Drive
• create a new file in your Google Drive shared folder and name it NatureEssay-YourFullName or TravelEssay-YourFullName (Ex. TravelEssay-AndrewZimmern)
• read/bring the following for discussion to class on Tuesday
• Moore, “A Closer Look: ‘Ah Wilderness!’ by Dinty Moore” (113-131)
• Shteyngart, “Behind Closed Doors at Hotels” (available under READINGS)
• post Reading Response #3 on our course blog by midnight on Monday, 9/11