English 1301
You and the ancient of days
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Week of 15-18
September 2014
Week 4
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M & W class – your descriptive essay is due no later
than roll call at the beginning of class on Wednesday, 17 September. If you
come to class late, I will not accept your essay; it will be a zero grade. You were given this perhaps two-hour assignment
nine days ago, on Monday, 8 September.
You may of course turn your work in early.
T & Th class - your descriptive essay is due no later
than roll call at the beginning of class on Thursday, 18 September. If you com come to class late, I will not
accept your essay; it will be a zero grade. You were given this perhaps
two-hour assignment nine days ago, on Tuesday, 9 September. You may of course turn your work in early.
Last week’s quiz – I will not return any of these or tell
you your grade until those who missed class complete it. Those of you who missed may take the test
before class (you must finish the test and turn it in before class begins) or
after class. If you cannot do this, I will
leave a copy of the test in the office so that you can come to campus on your
own time to take the test in the examination room.
- Find a seat, note the prompt on the board, and begin writing in your journal. There is no down-time in this class. Don’t wait to be told to begin; passivity is your enemy.
- Once you have finished your journal entry for the day, resume working on the rough draft of your descriptive essay. Don’t wait for the perfect time and perfect environment for work; those never happen.
- Muster and administrivia
- Monday / Tuesday: Descriptive essay, rough draft.
- Pass your rough drafts around. Don’t wait for roll call or a specific instruction to begin reading each other’s work. Passivity is your enemy.
- Everyone reads everyone else’s essay and writes useful comments on it. “This very good” is not a useful comment. “You develop the content of this paragraph nicely but the controlling topic is not quite clear” is a useful comment. Don’t neglect to observe form; we are learning how to write professionally for our careers, and although the content in the current assignment is meant to be interesting, it is for the purpose of developing your skilled control of a professional format.
- I regret that I cannot read thirty-three rough drafts. Please do bring me useful problems to resolve. I am always in the building at least an hour before class and can stay to help you until noon, Monday through Thursday, regardless of your class assignment. Remember that I am not going to proofread your papers, that my observations will be very general, and that nothing I say during looking over a rough draft is contractural.
- Handout for reading description: excerpt from “A Farmhouse Under a Mountain,” an essay by Edward Thomas, from his book Beautiful Wales, written in 1904. Mr. Thomas was a nature writer who became friends with Robert Frost and late in his short life wrote poetry. He was killed in action on Easter Monday, 9 April 1917.
- Wednesday / Thursday: Final draft, descriptive essay
- Your final draft is due no later than roll call. If you come to class late I will not accept your paper. This is college, not junior high. You were given the assignment eight days ago, so there are no excuses. You are always welcome to submit your work early.
- Persuasive writing – A brief introduction
- For our purposes, there are two methods of persuasion, emotional and logical
- Two handouts for you to read and discuss. What is the purpose of each argument. How is each argument developed.
- Persuasive writing assignment – probably today. Remember that I never give less than a week for short essays. Stress is no substitute for beginning a project the moment it is assigned to you.
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