Assignments due for next class

Hello, everybody,

Both for those who attended today and for those who were absent, I wanted to clarify the assignments due for our next class. You should arrive having read and prepared the following texts for discussion:

• Just Walk on By-- Brent Staples
• The High of an Illiterate Society- Jonathan Kozol 
• Introduction to Exemplification 
• In addition, you should arrive with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd drafts of your narrative essay for submission. 

I encourage you to make an appointment at the Writing Center in K-115 to meet with a tutor to discuss and review your latest draft, even if you are not struggling with it. It will help you become a better writer! The link for the center is on the right-hand side of this page.

Commas

• Interactive Quiz Here
• Comma Slideshow 1 Here
• 4 Common Grammar Mistakes Here

Narrative Essay Assignment and Supplementary Material

Here is the slideshow we viewed and discussed in class on Tuesday. The intro to the chapter on the narrative form and the examples in the text are a resource you should be consulting on your assignment and revisions.

Here is a copy of the narrative essay assignment in case you were absent and are catching up or need to consult it.

• Please remember to bring in both the draft copy and the revised copy of your essay for submission on Tuesday, and to prepare the readings, Pink Floyd Night School and The Storm, for Tuesday as well. 

• I will be collecting your TSRs from Only Daughter and Finishing School on Tuesday, so please bring them. There are no TSR journals for Tuesday's readings, but you will be assigned a task in class which will earn a grade, so be sure to read the texts fully and actively.

Moving from Topic to Thesis

Here is the PowerPoint presentation that we viewed and discussed in class on February 5th.

Readings for Feb 10

"Only Daughter"-- Sandra Cisernos

"Finishing School"-- Maya Angelou

5 Paragraph Essay Prezi

This week we will be reviewing the essentials of the essay form. During the course of discussing select topics from our textbook reading, we will be viewing the following Prezi slideshow. It can be found below if you would like to view it independently.

"Welcome to the World of the 5 Paragraph Essay"