Assignments for 10/26 and 11/2

• Assignment for Friday, 10/26 (to be completed before class):
• Reread and re-annotate Zinczenko's "Don't Blame the Eater" (TSIS, pp. 195-97).
• What new understanding do you have of this text? Be prepared to discuss the text in class.
• In Doc Sharing's "Fast Food and Health" section, print out, read and annotate Campos' "Being Fat Is OK."
• Bring to class this printout and three discussion points.
• In TSIS, read and annotate Ch. 10 (pp. 129-137). This chapter focuses on metacommentary. (We will cover Ch. 9 at some other time.)
• Bring to class three discussion points.
• In Doc Sharing's "Common Essay" section, print out, read and annotate the two texts to be used for the exam. Bring these texts to class.
• Develop one possible writing prompt based on these two texts. (As an example, think of the writing prompt for Writing Exam #1.) The purpose here is to anticipate what the Common Essay Exam will ask of you. Prepare to share your writing prompt in class.
• Assignment for Friday, 11/2:
• Meet in Drescher 203 to take the Common Essay Exam.
• In eCompanion's Webliography, open Warner's "Junking Junk Food" and Balko's "What You Eat Is Your Business." Print out these texts, and bring the printouts to class.
• For Warner's text, just bring the printout to class.
• For Balko's text, read and annotate the printout. Along with the printout, bring to class three discussion points.