Course Calendar

Date	Reading Assigned
Th 8/28	None
T 9/2	Toni Morrison, “The Day and Its Splendid Parts”  Vapnyar, “Pot Luck”  Nutik Zitter, “Food and the Dying Patient”  Reynolds, “Is Breakfast Overrated?”
Th 9/4	MFK Fisher, excerpt from The Art of Eating: Fisher_The-Art-Of-Eating-Excerpts1
T 9/9	Library Exploration Day
Th 9/11	Pollan, excerpt from The Omnivore’s Dilemma : (print pages from this website) http://michaelpollan.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/omnivore_excerpt.pdf
T 9/16	CLASS CANCELLED
Th 9/18	Watch: Watzke, “The Brain in Your Gut” http://www.ted.com/talks/heribert_watzke_the_brain_in_your_gut Peer Review ***First Draft, Essay 1 due in class (hard copy)
T 9/23	No class, QC follows Friday schedule
Th 9/25	No classes at Queens College
T 9/30	Class Cancelled
Th 10/2	excerpts from Mark Kurlansky’s The Big Oyster: Preface, Prologue, and Chapter One (email with PDF sent to your QC email) ****Assignment 1 due in class (hard copy)
T 10/7	Wrangham, “The Cooking Hypothesis” Link: http://english110.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2009/12/Wrangham_The-Cooking-Hypothesis.pdf Kolbert, “How the Paleolithic Diet Got Trendy” Link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/stone-soup
Th 10/9	Hurst, “The Omnivore’s Delusion” Link: http://american.com/archive/2009/july/the-omnivore2019s-delusion-against-the-agri-intellectuals Shapiro, “The Holy Church of Food” Link: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2007/12/the_holy_church_of_food.html Cowen, “Can You Really Save the Planet At the Dinner Table?” http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2006/11/can_you_really_save_the_planet_at_the_dinner_table.html
T 10/14	Specter, “Seeds of Doubt”: Link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/seeds-of-doubt Widdenger, “The End of Food” Link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/12/the-end-of-food
Th 10/16	Online Class Session: All Students must blog for this class by Wednesday 10/15 at 1:30 pm as well as leave 2 comments on the blog posts of two other students' posts by Friday 10/17 at 1:30 pm.  Gladwell, “The Trouble With Fries” Link: Http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/03/05/the-trouble-with-fries Finnegan, “Dignity” Link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/15/dignity-4 Schlosser, “Why the Fries Taste Good” Link: http://english110.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2009/12/Schlosser_Why-The-Fries-Taste-Good.pdf Watch: 'Work is supposed to take you out of poverty' link: http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/work-is-supposed-to-take-you-out-of-poverty-fast-food-strike-planned-45699651929 Watch the video found at this link and complete the questions: http://ed.ted.com/on/Pz7JFOBP
T 10/21	Read They Say I Say pages 1-29 (pdf sent to your email) View in Class: Super Size Me *small groups will do library research for assignment 2
Th 10/23	Read They Say I Say pages 30-42 View in class: Super Size Me *small groups will do library research for assignment 2
T 10/28	Berry, “The Agricultural Crisis” Link: http://english110.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2009/12/Berry_The-Agricultural-Crisis.pdf
Th 10/30	Eisnitz, “This Little Piggy Dragged To Market” Link: http://english110.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2009/12/Eisnitz_This-Little-Piggy-Dragged-To-Market1.pdf Assignment 2 Due in class (hard copy)
T 11/4	Joy, “Animals—To Love or To Eat” Link: http://english110.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2009/12/Joy_Animals-To-Love-Or-Eat.pdf
Th 11/6	Library Visit with librarian Lisa Flanzraich (meet in the library) Read They Say I Say pages 30-54 ("Her Point Is" and "As He Himself Puts it")
T 11/ 11	Library Visit/Supported research in preparation for annotated bibliography (assignment 3) **Post your research paper topic on the blog before this class.
Th 11/14	Reading TBD--dependent on final projects
T 11/18	Reading TBD--dependent on final projects
Th 11/20	Graff, excerpt from They Say, I Say
T 11/25	Lab class: Research
Th 11/27	No classes at QC (Thanksgiving)
T 12/2	Peer Review Final Draft Annotated Bibliography due (Assignment 3) First Draft Assignment 4 due
Th  12/4	In class revisions of Assignment 4 with food*students will sign up to bring in food on this day (parameters: feed 20 on $10 dollars)
T 12/9	In class revisions/ conferences on Assignment 4 with food*students will sign up to bring in food on this day (parameters: bring in something your grandparents ate)
Th 12/11	In class revisions/conferences on Assignment 4 with food*students will sign up to bring in food on this day (parameters: bring in something that your grandchildren will eat)
M 12/15	No class Assignment 4 due via email at noon (erin.spampinato)