Note: assignments might change//writing assignments not yet added
Mon 9/18 (S): Personal essay freewrite
Click HERE for more details; please post on Canvas
Please note that this assignment is designed to help you start thinking about a topic for your upcoming personal essay due on October 10th.
Tu 9/19 (Block B) OR Weds 9/20 (Block E) (L):
Start reading and annotating Notes from Underground, pp. 3-20 (18 pages)
Th 9/21 (L): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 20-41 (21 pages)
Brief writing assignment (we'll postpone till next week)
Mon 9/25: No school
Tu 9/26 (S): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 42-60 (18 pages)
Wed 9/27 (L): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 60-82 (21 pages)
Fri 9/28 (S): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 82-98 (16 pages)
Brief writing assignment
cancelled!
Mon 10/2 (S): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 99-117 (18 pages)
Tu 10/3 (Block B) OR Weds 10/4 (Block E) (L):
Finish Notes, pp. 117-130 (13 pages)
Brief writing assignment on CANVAS
Please come up with two potential essay questions following the guidelines on Canvas
Make sure to post your questions in the correct block.
Th 10/5 (L): In-Class Essay #3 on Notes
Write a practice essay or a freewrite on one of the essay topics/questions posted on Canvas for homework.
Review the mechanical errors and content suggestions from the first essay before writing the practice essay/freewrite.
Incorporate quotations from the reading in your practice essay/freewrite
word count minimum: 500 words
Post your practice essay/freewrite here
I'd encourage you to do the following:
Look at the sample essays I've posted on Google Classroom. There are now two: one on Thoreau and one from a previous seminar.
Pay especial attention to the essays'
thesis sentences
topic sentences
analysis of quotations in support of topic sentences