Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Wilderness Letter v. Walking Essay - Alternate Beginning

Assignment:

Write a complete draft of a persuasive essay comparing and contrasting some aspect of Stegner's Wilderness Letter and Thoreau's Walking. Use an alternate beginning to your previous essay - use Dr. Hepworth's "How to Begin and End: A Dozen Suggestions."

Wilderness Letter v. Walking - Essay Alternate Beginning



How to Begin and End: A Dozen Suggestions

Wilderness Letter v. Walking - Essay

Assignment:

Write a complete draft of a persuasive essay comparing and contrasting some aspect of Stegner's Wildernerness Letter and Thoreau's Walking.

Wilderness Letter v. Walking - Essay

Stegner's "Wilderness Letter" - Abstract MLA Format

Assignment:

Read “Walking” by Henry David Thoreau and “Wilderness Letter” by Wallace Stegner. Summarize the contents of both essays in an abstract. Format one of the summaries in MLA and one in APA.

Stegner's "Wilderness Letter" - Abstract MLA Format



Wilderness Letter by Wallace Stegner

Thoreau's "Walking" - Abstract APA Format

Assignment:

Read “Walking” by Henry David Thoreau and “Wilderness Letter” by Wallace Stegner. Take notes on your reading. Summarize the contents of both essays in an abstract. Format one of the summaries in MLA and one in APA.

Thoreau's "Walking" Abstract - APA Format



Walking by Henry David Thoreau

11 Questions - Walking & Wilderness Letter

Assignment:

Compose a list of ten legitimate questions for class discussion of “Walking” by Henry David Thoreau and “Wilderness Letter” by Wallace Stegner.

11 Questions

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Little Red Mustang - Poem

The narrative essay Little Red Mustang didn't work out well as an essay, so I rewrote it as a poem.

Little Red Mustang - Poem

Little Red Mustang - Essay

Assignment:

Write a complete draft of your own original narrative essay.

Little Red Mustang - Essay

What I Truly Believe

Assignment:

Use your list of 20 beliefs and any other writing you’ve done on the subject to write a 500-750 word essay an essay in which you say what you “truly and fundamentally believe.”

What I Truly Believe

20 Beliefs

Assignment:

Compile a list of twenty personal beliefs using the principle of parallelism. Title your list and format your list in MLA style.

20 Beliefs

Monday, October 6, 2008

Tenative Calendar for English 101 Fall 08

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