English 102CD: Expository Writing
Fall 2007
Dr. Susanne George Bloomfield
Terry Tempest Williams writes, "We listen to other people's stories and then we write our own." English 102: Native American will focus on reading and writing the stories that help us understand who we "imagine ourselves to be" (N. Scott Momaday).
The course will require four writing assignments. One will formally analyze an aspect of Pieces of White Shell: A Journey to Navajoland, creative nonfiction by Terry Tempest Williams. Two will use chapters from the text as models to explore topics such as personal artifacts, a sense of place, stories and myths, and traditions and rituals. Appropriate research will add depth and significance to the essays. The final assignment will be a research paper on a Native American subject.
Class Requirements and Expectations
Class Requirements and Expectations for Fall 2007.
Class Syllabus
Daily Reading and Writing Assignments for the Fall 2007 Semester.
The "Dreaded Comma"
Six indispensible comma rules for ALL writers.
"Hit List"
To improve your writing and (and grade) follow these very basic suggestions.
"Sentence Variety"
Some suggestions to add style, variety, and maturity to your sentences.
"Setting Up Quotations"
Some examples to help you add variety in setting up quotations, along with the correct punctuation.
"Student Literature Paper"
A paper analyzing the short story "Nelson and Star" for a freshman composition class.
"Student Literature Paper"
A sample paper written by a composition student about the short story "1965 Continental" that uses the deductive Approach.
"Student Rite of Passage Paper"
A composition student's rite of passage essay that employs the deductive approach.
"Student Rite of Passage Paper"
A composition student's rite of passage paper that uses the inductive approach.
Writing and Editing Links
Click here for the U of Wisconson-Madison's WRITER'S HANDBOOK for grammar and editing.
Click here for Internet Public Library.
Terry Tempest Williams
Click here for a Home Page for Terry Tempest Williams.
Click here for the offical Navajo Nation Home Page.
Click herea University of Idaho American Indian Literature resource Site.
Click here for full texts of articles from Wicazo-Sa journal.
Click here for full texts of articles from American Indian Quarterly.
Click here for full texts of articles from Studies in American Indian Literature.
Joseph Marshall III
Click here for THUNDERDREAMERS, the official web site of Joseph Marshall III.
Click here for a review of On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples.
Click here for "Welcome to the Rosebud Reservation."
Click here for Hiawatha Insane Asylum in Canton, South Dakota.
Click here for a discussion board about the Hiawatha Asylum.
Click here for a psychiatric history of the Hiawatha Insane Asylum.
Click here for photos and postcards of the Hiawatha Insane Asylum.
Click here for "A Haunting Legacy," stories from Hiawatha.
Click here for movie pre-production of "Hiawatha Diaries."
Online Radio and Music
Click here for Native media links to film, radio, tv, and publications.
Click here for Native America Calling, a RealAudio PBS site.
Click here for Native Radio and live streaming music.
Click here for American Indian Radio on Satellite.
Click here for Independent Native American Indian News Radio.
Click here for North American Indian Radio Online.
Native American Musicians
Click here Douglas Spotted Eagle and Native American flute music.
Click here the Native American Band "Brule" and Paul LaRoche.
Click here the Native American Band "Indigenous."
Click here Native American Rap Musician Litefoot.
Online Newspapers and Magazines
Click here for Native American Press Archives.
Click here for Indian Country Today newspaper Home Page. Some movie reviews.
Click here for Native American Times newspaper Home Page.
Click here for INDIANZ, Native American news. Site contains some movie reviews.
Click here for News from Indian Country. Site contains some movie reviews.
Click here for Red Ink Magazine, creative writing by Native Americans from the University of Arizona.
Click here for Cantu Ota (Many Paths), a bi-weekly online newsletter celebrating Native America .
Click here for AAA Native Arts. Site contains some movie reviews.
Native American Resources
Click here for Native American Authors Online.
Click here for Native Web.
Click here for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Home Page
Click here for Native American Resources.
Click here for Native American genealogy research and history.
Click here for the Native American Relief Council.
bloomfields@unk.edu
Dr. Susanne K. Bloomfield
Professor of English
204 Thomas Hall
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849-1320
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