Freshman Composition

Hi All!

I'm a graduate student teaching assistant at CSU and I'm working on my freshman composition curriculum for next year. A group of us are designing a program all around pop culture, studying media, film, the internet, and current trends in pop culture. The students writing assignments include a summary, letter, a bibliography, an academic argument, and a local inquiry report.

Does anyone have any tips or ideas right off the bat on things I might want to include?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Goble on May 29, 2009 at 4:19pm

OMG - this is a massive question -

A great textbook to start will might be the most recent edition of Common Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture ... by Michael F. Petracca and Madeleine Sorapure (Paperback - May 29, 2006)

Can I get back to you with more ideas on Monday? Can't wait to hear what other folks suggest.

RRG:)

Permalink Reply by Sally Noltemeyer on May 29, 2009 at 4:28pm

I'm using some readings from Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Readers as well as a rhetoric.

I'd really like to use some websites for current, constantly updated things. Especially for them to pick a recipient of a letter. I'm thinking "Car Guys" or something on NPR...

Permalink Reply by Jeana Rock on June 14, 2009 at 9:30pm

I have been teaching this for two years, so I some advice for you, but can't completely comment at the moment (getting ready to send off my thesis. However, I just found a post-structuralist analysis of a Subway commercial I may use next year.
http://kardiackid.blogspot.com/2007/12/post-structuralist-analysis-...

Get back to you later.

Jeana Rock

Freshman Composition

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