Dennis Kawaharada, Assistant Professor
Language Arts

Kapi'olani Community College
4303 Diamond Head Road
Honolulu, HI 96816
Office Kalia: 227
Phone: 734-9411
Email: dennisk@hawaii.edu

Course Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dennisk/eng206site/eng206.html

ENG 206 Creative Nonfiction, CRN: 34296 / Spring 04 Semester

Syllabus, Schedule, Assignments, and Readings

Updated: April 8, 2004

• Syllabus--Spring 04
• Schedule--Spring 04 (Updated March 15, 2004)
• End-of-the-Semester Portfolio--Spring 04 (Posted April 8, 2004)

Writing Assignments

1. Places: Home and Away
2. Biography: Someone Who Has Shaped or Influenced Who You Are
3. Autobiography: Finding a Way
4. Cultural Traditions: What We Value, What We Believe, What We Pass On
5. Community: Where We Belong, Where We Fit

Workshop Procedures

Readings

• J.D. Holt, "Rainbows Under Water" (handout)
• J.D. Holt, "Fort Street" and "Kalihi" (online)
• Jamaica Kincaid, "Alien Soil" (handout)
• N. Scott Momaday, Introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain (handout)
• Joan Didion, "Notes of a Native Daughter" (handout)
• J.D. Holt, "Kupuna Robert Holt Ma" and "Reaching Inward"
• Lisa Kanae,"Sista Tongue (Purchase Book)
• Maxine Hong Kingston, "No Name Woman," from Woman Warrior
• Nainoa Thompson, "Finding a Way"
• J.D. Holt, "A Sense of Self"
• J.D. Holt, "What Was Dear to My Heart"
• N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain (Purchase Book)