Let's Talk with Readings

1 RHETORIC / Join the Conversation

1. Listening
2. Thinking Rhetorically
3. Engaging Respectfully with Others
4. Developing Academic Habits of Mind

2 READING / Get the Message

5. Reading to Understand, Engage & Respond
6. Recognizing Facts, Misinformation & Lies

3 WRITING / Make Your Point

7. Writing Processes
8. Arguing
9. Analyzing
10. Reporting
11. Narrating
12. Summarizing & Responding
13. Writing in Multiple Modes

8 READINGS / Let’s Read!

31. The Inequities That Bedevil Us: joshua rothman, The Equality Conundrum; michael gerson, I’m a Conservative Who Believes Systemic Racism Is Real; clint smith, Juneteenth, Galveston Island; jodi kantor, karen weise & grace ashford, The Amazon That Customers Don’t See; richard thompson ford, Dress Codes and Gender; heather lanier, Out There I Have to Smile; kwame anthony appiah, Should I Hang Out with Someone Whose Political Views I Hate?
32. What’s Language Got to Do with It?: gloria anzaldúa, How to Tame a Wild Tongue; fernanda zamudio-suarez, The Debate over “Latinx”; missy watson, Contesting Standardized English; jasmine lane, Do We Have to Teach Standard English in the Classroom?; beth nguyen, America Ruined My Name for Me; adam bradley, Dismantling the Barriers between Rap and Poetry; june jordan, Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan
33. What’s News, and How Do We Know What to Trust?: elaine godfrey, What We Lost When Gannett Came to Town; lewis raven wallace, The View from Somewhere; sam wineburg, Navigating the Dangers of the Web; joel pett, Celebrating World Press Freedom Day!; savannah jacobson, Inside the Lines
34. Who Owns Nature?: william cronon, The Trouble with Wilderness; emma marris, The Nature You See in Documentaries Is Beautiful, and False; robin kimmerer, On Animacy: Learning the Grammar of Living Things; ian leahy & yaryna serkez, Since When Have Trees Existed Only for Rich Americans?; benji backer, The Conservative Case for Environmentalism; carl zimmer, The Uncommon Cold: How Rhinoviruses Gently Conquered the World; greta thunberg, The World Is Waking Up
35. Do Sports Matter?: jane coaston, What Can Sports Teach Us?; joe drape, Step Aside, LeBron and Dak, and Make Room for Banjo and Kazooie; heather gilligan, The Black-versus-White Game That Integrated Basketball; jemele hill, Naomi Osaka Is Part of a Larger War within Sports; neil gluckman, Colleges Are Paying Big Bucks for Coaches. Here’s What Else They Could’ve Spent the Money On.; mark gozonsky, Gritty All Day Long