REQUIRED READING:

1.      Johnson, Ch. 9 “Social Issue Papers,” pp. 156-180. (24 pp.)

2.      Purdue Writing Lab, The. 2010. “The Expository Essay.” Retrieved February 16, 2012 from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/02/

3.      Writing Expository Essays, various sources (5 pp.)

HOMEWORK DUE: Proposed Topic for Social Issue Essay due in class; Final draft of Response Paper due March 22

OPTIONAL:

Becker, Writing for Social Scientists, Chapter 2