APELAC Reading Assignment Schedule
Texts w/ Source
Date Due (Rhetorical
Analysis Form)
Note: Dates are approximate and
subject to change
“Salvation,” by Langston Hughes (PH Reader p. 132)
“Sister Monroe,” by Maya Angelou (PH Reader p. 136)
“Mission Iraq” by Allison Perkins (PH Reader p. 148)
“Lockdown,” by Evans D. Hopkins (PH Reader p. 153)
“A Pen by the Phone,” by Debra Anne Davis (PH Reader p. 181)
“The Way to Rainy Mountain,” by N. Scott Momaday (PH Reader p. 185)
“Nameless, Tennessee,” by William Least Heat Moon (PH Reader p. 192)
“The Village Watchman,” by Terry Tempest Williams (PH Reader p. 198)
“In Defense of Talk Shows,” by Barbara Ehrenreich (PH Reader p. 237)
“The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria,” by Judith Ortiz Cofer
(PH Reader p. 246)
“The Value of Children: A Taxonomical Essay,” by Bernard R. Berelson (PH Reader p.
252)
“But What Do You Mean?” by Deborah Tannen (PH Reader p. 259)
“The Name is Mine,” by Anna Quindlen (PH Reader p. 81)
“Ready for Some Futbol?” by Oscar Casares (PH Reader p. 97)
“Cut,” by Bob Greene (PH Reader p. 85)
“Neat People vs. Sloppy People,” by Suzanne Britt (PH Reader p. 303)
“Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa,” by David Sedaris (PH
Reader p. 296)
“My Daily Dives in the Dumpster,” by Lars Eighner (PH Reader p. 340)
“The Culture of Martyrdom,” by David Brooks (PH Reader p. 355)
“On Teenagers and Tattoos,” by Andres Martin (PH Reader p. 408)
“Dreadlocked,” by Veronica Chambers (PH Reader p. 418)
“Drugs, Sports, Body Image and G.I. Joe,” by Natalie Angier (PH Reader p. 423)
“Mother Tongue,” by Amy Tan (PH Reader p. 458)
“You Can’t Say That,” by Diane Ravitch (PH Reader p. 465)
“The Value of a College Degree,” by Katherine Porter (PH Reader p. 503)
“The Case Against College,” by Linda Lee (PH Reader p. 508)
“I Have a Dream,” by Martin Luther King, Jr. (PH Reader p. 532)
“None of This Is Fair,” by Richard Rodriguez (PH Reader p. 538)
9/9/15
9/16/15
9/25/15
9/30/15
10/9/15
10/14/15
10/21/15
10/28/15
11/4/15
11/13/15
11/13/15
11/18/15
12/2/15
12/2/15
12/2/15
12/9/15
12/9/15
Due after Winter Break
Due after Winter Break
Due after Winter Break
Due after Winter Break
Due after Winter Break
Semester 2
Semester 2
Semester 2
Semester 2
Semester 2
Semester 2