Today, the Personal Narrative Essays were collected.
Then, we had a practice midterm exam based on the article, “The Science of ‘Paying it Forward’.”
Homework:
1) Write a 5-paragraph essay in response to the other prompt that you did not choose for the in-class practice exam. Please allow yourself only 1 hour and 15 minutes to write the essay.
2) Print and read the assignment sheet for the Open Letter Essay.
3) Print and read/annotate the 5 readings from Unit 4, under the heading “Rumors,” including:
- Jennifer Aniston “For the Record”
- Philip Roth “An Open Letter to Wikipedia”
- Gregory Rodriguez, “One Man’s Rumor is Another Man’s Reality”
- Daniel Goleman, “Anatomy of a Rumor: It Flies on Fear”
- Jesse Singal, “How to Fight a Rumor”
4) Grammar Quiz on Topic 3 to be given next week!
5) Reminder: Monday 10/8, no classes. The next time we will meet is Wednesday, 10/10. See you in a week!
