ENGLISH 85A

Required Textbooks
Fawcett, Susan and Alvin Sandberg. Grassroots with Readings: The Writer's
Workbook. 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.

Langan, John and Bill Broderick. Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills.
2nd ed. Marlton, NJ: Townsend P, 1993.

Grade Policy
There are three grades given in this class--NC (no progress), SP (satisfactory
progress), and CR (ready for Eng. 101). Your grade will be determined by your
class participation and your homework. The homework and class activities will test
your critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.

Attendance Policy
If you miss 1/4 of the class (7 classes), you will not be eligible for the CR grade; if
you miss 1/3 of the classes (10 classes), you will receive a grade of NC.

Discrimination Policy
All comments made in class should respect the others in the classroom. Any
comment that denigrates others on the basis of their sexual preference, their
biological sex, their race, their medical or mental status, their religious beliefs, or
their status as a veteran violates the civil rights of others and the school policy.

Advice from Cathy ...
1. Make going to class a priority--it is more important to come to some of class
than none, so come in late if you arrive late. Likewise, if some personal emergency
occurs, come to class without homework rather than missing the class.

2. Come to class prepared: bring your two textbooks, a dictionary, paper to write
on, and pencils. Feel free to bring food or drink to class if it will help you think
better.

3. Be prepared to have your homework collected. If you do not want to tear pages
out of your textbook, do your homework on loose sheets of paper.

4. Ask questions and talk about your worries, problems, or fears about the class
material in class or at my office hours.

5. Schedule time to do your reading for each class--treat the reading as a serious
assignment. If you try to read your assignments in bed or as you are doing
something else, you will not understand the readings or be able to correctly answer
the questions about the readings.

Homework--There is always homework for each class. Besides the reading for
each class, you will be asked to do some exercises or writing for each class. Plan
time into your schedule to get this work done.

Reading Schedule--the reading next to the date is to be read before the class on
that date. Be prepared for a quiz on the day's reading.

WEEK ONE
Jan. 6 First Class
Jan. 8 Read "The Gentle Giant and the Reluctant Robber" in Ten Steps (24-6)
Jan. 10 Read "Women Are Missing from Newspaper Pages" in Grassroots (438-
441)

WEEK TWO
Jan. 13 Read "Victims Versus Oppressors" in Ten Steps (40-2)
Jan. 15 Read "A Homemade Education" in Grassroots (441-443)
Jan. 17 Read "False Ideas About Reading" in Ten Steps (397-400)

WEEK THREE
Jan. 20 Read "Group Pressure" in Ten Steps (63-5)
Jan. 22 Read "Mrs. Flowers" in Grassroots (444-447)
Jan. 23 Read "Are You a Good Listener?" in Ten Steps (405-410)

WEEK FOUR
Jan. 27 Read "Touch Sparks Love" in Ten Steps (79-83)
Jan. 29 Read "Papa, the Teacher" in Grassroots (448-451)
Jan. 31 Read "Getting Words on Paper: Where to Begin" in Ten Steps (415-419)

WEEK FIVE
Feb. 3 Read "Body Language" in Ten Steps (97-100)
Feb. 5 Read "Say Yes to Yourself" in Grassroots (454-456)
Feb. 7 Read "Dealing with Feelings" in Ten Steps (426-430)

WEEK SIX
Feb. 10 Read "Messages from a Welfare Mom" in Ten Steps (120-122)
Feb. 12 Read "Yolanda" in Grassroots (458-9)
Feb. 14 Read "Read All About It" in Ten Steps (362-5)

WEEK SEVEN
Feb. 17 Read "Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the Family" in Ten Steps (141-
144)
Feb. 19 Read "People and Their Machines and Vice Versa" in Grassroots (460-
461)
Feb. 21 Read "Shyness" in Ten Steps (387-391)

WEEK EIGHT
Feb. 24 Read "Responsibility" in Ten Steps (163-165)
Feb. 26 Read "The Gift" in Grassroots (462-464)
Feb. 28 Read "Friends of Dirt, Unite!" in Grassroots (484-5)

WEEK NINE
Mar. 3 Read "How to Make it in College, Now that You're Here" in Ten Steps
(190-6)
Mar. 5 Read "Forever" in Grassroots (468-470)
Mar. 7 Read "For a Parent, There's No Language Dilemma" in Grassroots (494-
497)

WEEK TEN
Mar. 10 Read "Exam Anxiety and Grandma's Health" in Ten Steps (211-213)
Mar. 12 Read "Sports Nuts" in Grassroots (471-473)
Mar. 14 Read "Salvation" in Grassroots (465-467)

Mar. 17 Read "Quotation Bank" in Grassroots (499-504)