Lit: Revised Reading Schedule (IMPORTANT!)

As we discussed in class today, I took out one reading assignment.  The changed homework schedule is below.

Updated Reading and Assignment Schedule

Oct. 2
Word Choice

“Word Choice and Word Order,” pp. 360-366

Bring a dictionary to class

Oct. 7
Sound

“Sound as Meaning,” pp. 414-426

Bring a dictionary to class

Oct. 9
Sound

“Sound as Meaning,” pp. 414-426

Bring a dictionary to class

Oct. 14
Form

“Closed Form,” pp. [...]

Lit: “Harrison Bergeron” in Film Form

Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” is one of my favorite short stories, and I’m really looking forward to talking about it tomorrow morning.
Apparently someone else really enjoyed it because he or she turned it into an hour and a half long movie starring Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music) and Sean Astin (a hobbit).

English 101: Writing Conferences

Remember on Wednesday, October 1 and Friday, October 3, we will meet in one-on-one writing conferences in my office.  After this Monday (September 29) we will not meet again as a class until Monday, October 6.
If you need to double check your conference time, click here to download the sign up sheet (.pdf).
If you need [...]

All Classes: Turnitin.com paper formatting

Many students have asked about the formatting of their papers in turnitin.com.
When you submit an essay in turnitin.com, you receive an digital receipt.  That receipt displays your paper without any formatting.  Turnitin.com displays your paper without formatting because it can instantly display that is has received your paper.
However, when I download your papers, I receive them [...]

All Classes: Go Rock Climbing!

The Wellness Club, Thomas Hall, and SEACC Prevention are hosting a rock climbing event in on Sunday, October 5 from 8:30 AM to 4:30PM.  Here are all of the details:

Rock climbing is limited to the first 30 students! Reserve your spot today!
Hiking is unlimited and open to all students, faculty and staff!
Registration deadline is Sept. [...]

English 210: Student from Sunday Afternoon

One of you left me a message via Meebo Sunday afternoon with a question about “Greasy Lake.”  There wasn’t a name, so I couldn’t respond before the student went offline.
Click “read more” to for my response.

English 101: Journal #4 Questions Answered!

I’ve have a number of students ask about journal number four, so I’d thought that I’d clarify the assignment.  (Apologies for the confusion.)
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English 210: Warm-Up Essay

Thanks for all the great questions in class today about your first short writing assignment.  In order to assist all of you, I thought that I’d just post some of the guidelines from today’s PowerPoint here.
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English 210: “The Things They Carried”

Thanks for staying for an extra minute today!  One of your class mates asked for a copy of the chart I used in class today, so here it is: download as .xls or download as a .pdf.  It’s not complete by any means, but it might give you a starting point for analysis if you [...]

English 101 and 201: Homework Folders

Remember, the work that I assign on the homework schedule is designed to help you develop drafts of your papers.
To asses that work, I’ll be collecting those folders throughout the semester.  And to keep you prepared, I thought I’d touch base and remind you about the assigned work so far this semester:
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English 201: New Paper Unit Next Week

Hi folks… Next week we’ll begin the audience analysis paper.  In order to be prepared, you’ll need to print the reading and assignment schedule for the audience analysis unit for class on Tuesday, September 30.
If you want to get ahead, print all the other documents for this unit: the peer review handout, audience analysis example [...]

English 101: Important (!) Notes from Mon., Sept. 22’s Class

Just some friendly reminders and notes from our revision and editing workshop in class today.
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All Classes: Help with MLA formatting and Office 2007

One of the questions I’m frequently asked is: “How do I double space with Word?”  What I can gather from that question is that the student finds Office 2007 difficult and MLA formatting even more difficult.
In order to aide you folks as you finish your first papers this semester, I thought I’d provide some pictures and [...]

English 201: Example Essays

As promised, here are a few different example prospectus essays.  All are in .pdf format.

Example #1
Example #2
Example #3
Example #4

The essays also include my comments.  I though that seeing how I grade the projects might be useful.
Any questions?  Leave a comment or send me an email.

All Classes: Attend Annabelle Gurwitch’s Presentation for Extra Credit

Looking to make your life a little “greener”?  Looking for some extra credit?  Attend Annebelle Gurwitch’s, host of Wa$ted, presentation in early October.