Listed below are the Web links for English 101 reading assignments. Click on the word WEEK to see the reading. That link represents the Web reading for the week. All other links are supplementary and not required.
Keep in mind that weekly textbook readings are not listed here. Use your calendar to find dates and pages for those.
Week 1 "A Shed of One's Own"
Garrison Keillor is a wonderful orator. Watch this quick video as an example.
Week 2 Health Care Reform
Here is a recent news video on health care reform.
Week 3 "You Just Don't Understand"
On the lighter side, check this out.
Week 4 "Million-Dollar Murray"
Week 5 Alive!
This National Geographic site has much to offer: some text about the crash, interviews with survivors, a map of the route. Be sure to look around. Also, you might want to check out the official site here, or even read the book written about the crash, called Alive!
Week 6 Eustace Conway
Watch a video on Eustace
If you find Eustace Conway interesting and want to read more, check out Elizabeth
Gilbert's book, The Last American Man. Here's a interview she did about Conway.
Week 7 Embryo Ethics
Michael J. Fox's view
Week 8 Recovery.gov
You can find the opposite view here.
Week 9 "The Brand"
(You must temporarily allow pop-ups for this one.)
Week 10 "The Feminist Queen of the Middle East"
Watch a recent video of Queen Noor of Jordan here.
Week 11 "Men, Women and Words" This link was broken, but it should be fixed now!
Week 12 "The Naked Face"
Week 13 Twilight Language blog
Week 14 Homosexuality: Nature or Nurture
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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