3.30.09 - Break

Monday
Read Chapter 10 and write one blog entry.

Tueday
Read Chapter 12 and write one blog entry.

Wednesday
Complete your six word memoir chapbook for after break.

Thursday
Read 13 for tomorrow's exam.

Friday
Read The Crying of Lot 49 over break.

Also, read one article from the TLS available in the library and blog a response by the end of this week. Be on the lookout for new words and word usages.

Homework 3.24.2009-3.20.2009

Tuesday
Read Chapter 7 and write one blog entry using a graphic organizer.
Complete your analytic essay second draft.

Wednesday
Revise your essays' introductions to quotations.

Thursday
Read Chapter 8 and write one blog entry.

Friday
Read Chapter 9 and write one blog entry that is a dialogue between two people discussing Dawkins' theory over lunch.

Analytic Essay Second Draft Rubric

Criteria
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Close reading
Cites little or no text, and little textual analysis.
Performs three close readings.
Performs three close readings that develop his/her thesis.
Sentence length variation
Student wrote in sentences.
Student wrote in sentences of varied length.
Student wrote in varied sentences, occasionally using short sentences for emphasis.
Grammar and mechanics
Student wrote with some spelling errors, or subject verb agreement, or incorrect semicolon usage, or incorrect colon usage.
Student wrote with no spelling errors, or subject verb agreement and correctly used colons.
Student wrote clearly, flawlessly, honing his/her voice throughout the essay.

Homework 3.16.09 - 3.23.09

Monday
Write a blog entry for Chapter 3.

Tuesday
Write a blog entry for Chapter 4.

Wednesday
Revise your analytic essay based on your partner's feedback.

Thursday
Write a seperate blog entry for Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 of The Selfish Gene.

Homework 3.9.09 - 3.16.09

Monday
Read any five aphorism from Epictetus' The Handbook and write one blog entry that discusses its connections to Slaughterhouse Five.

Tuesday
Complete the first draft of your analytic essay for tomorrow's workshop.

Wednesday
Revise your anayltic essay based on today's workshop

Thursday
Read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Profrock" and write one blog entry.

Friday
Read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Profrock" and write one blog entry.

Homework 2.2.09-2.9.09

Monday
Complete Slaughterhouse Five and write one blog entry.

Tuesday
Complete Slaughterhouse Five and write one blog entry.

Wednesday
Begin your analytic essay about Slaugherhouse Five.

Thursday
Read any five sections of Epictetus' The Handbook and write one blog entry.

Friday
Read any five sections of Epcitetus' The Handbook and write one blog entry.