Writing 140
LauraAnne Carroll-Adler
Social Issues Affiliation: American Studies 100
Section 64270
MWF 9:00 GFS 109
Section 64385
MWF 12:00 GFS 228

University of Southern California Writing Program
Los Angeles, California 90089 (213) 740-1980

E-mail:lauraana@usc.edu
Office Hours: MW 10:30-11:30
Office -- JEF 245  

Course Information:
Final office hours Wednesday, 5/2 from about 10:00-11:30.

Final grades available on webgrade.

Class pictures are online.

Final Reflective blog entry: Evaluate your blogging experience. How is blog writing different from class discussion or "formal" writing? Do you have any plans to continue blogging in the future?


For the 12:00 class--here's the Daily Show clip in case you want to watch it without constant re-buffering. Don't know what happened yesterday!

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook



Related to AMST 100:

"Decades Later, Bitter Memories of Chavez Ravine."

PBS Documentary--"The Chandlers and Their Times" Website.
"No single family has dominated any major region of the country as the Chandlers have dominated Southern California. They did not so much foster the growth of Los Angeles as invent it." - David Halberstam

"A Southern California Dream Deferred: Racial Covenents in Los Angeles" (KCET).


Extra Credit--you may earn up to 3 points extra credit by attending one approved Visions and Voices event and posting a review on your blog.

Eligible events:

  • Architecture as Communication. Thurs, Feb 9, 6:30 pm.
  • L.A. Conservancy Walking Tour. Sat, Mar 3, 9:45-2:00.
  • Woody Guthrie's Los Angeles. Sat, Apr. 14. RSVP required.


    Online version of Rules for Writers:

    Rules for Writers with 2009 MLA Update and 2010 APA Update, 6th Edition
    by Hacker, Diana
    Price to Student $27.99



    Library Guide for our class.

    Library Research Tutorial.


    Transportation around LA: Metro Web site. Enter your starting point and destination into the trip planner for information on transportation.

    Conference Appointments--schedule online:





    Extra Credit Blogging--Fallacies.


    Class Calendar--Click on "week" or "agenda" for more detailed information. Click on the event for full entry. (Dates subject to change with notice)




    Midterm:

    Excerpt from "Cadillac Desert"


  • Review chapter in Davis on the Noir group.
    Opening segment of Los Angeles History Documentary--LA in the 30s:



    Webgrade
    Requires Student ID Number (format: 1234567890) and Password






    • Other Helpful Links:

    USC Writing Program  

    Writing Center 

    Online Resources--Dictionaries, Grammar Help, Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism 

    Map to Writing Center, Writing House, and Writing Program

    OWL at Purdue--Guide to ASA Format for Papers and Citations
    OWL at Purdue--Guide to MLA Format for Papers and Citations

    Entrance to my office--this is from the parking lot at the corner of McClintock and 34th St.
    Don't go in the door under the red awning--enter via the door at the left. Turn right, then go up the stairs to the 2nd floor to find my office.

    If you are turning in papers to my mailbox, DO enter under the red awning, and proceed to the front desk, where you can have your paper stamped and dated and turned in to my secured mailbox.



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