Assignments

Congratulations on finishing the semester!

Please come to class prepared to take our in-class final exam, which will be administered on May 25.  All you will need is a writing utensil and, if you’d like, a dictionary for your reference.

Due Monday, May 23:

  • Please read and annotate the article distributed at the end of class on Wednesday, which will be utilized during our in-class final.
  • You are also encouraged to begin preparing to take our in-class final exam, which will be administered on May 25, by reviewing the writing tasks we tackled this semester (summary, critical reading/critique, explanatory synthesis, argument synthesis, research).
  • Please bring any questions you may have (about the final, these writing tasks, etc.) with you to class.

Due Wednesday, May 18:

Due Monday, May 16:

  • Continue working on your final portfolio (due May 18)
  • Bring in copies of the three pieces you plan to revise

Due Wednesday, May 11:

  • Read pages 538-543 — “A Balanced Psychology and a Full Life” by Martin E. P. Seligman, Acacia C. Parks, and Tracy Steen
  • Begin working on your final portfolio (due May 18) — please bring any questions you have about the assignment with you to class

Due Monday May 9:

  • Complete your research paper

Due Wednesday May 4:

  • Continue researching/writing
  • Bring your draft(s), research and all related notes with you to class

Due Monday May 2 (remember there is no school April 22-30 on account of spring recess):

  • Continue researching/writing
  • Bring your textbook *and* all relevant research work/writing with you to class

Due Wednesday, April 20:

  • Continue to think through your research paper topic — if you have received feedback from me, you may begin to research/write.
  • Remember that we are meeting at the library on Wednesday — in front of the 4th floor entrance in the Namm building.  

Due Monday, April 18:

  • Think through your research paper (due May 3)
  • Come to class with no more than 3 preliminary topics (if you come to class with just 1 preliminary topic, that’s perfectly fine)

Due Wednesday, April 13:

  • Read pages 466-467 (“Dear Grads: Don’t Do What You Love”)
  • Read pages 468-472 (“In the Name of Love”)

Due Monday, April 11:

  • Watch “Do What You Love” speech (see page 461 for details)
  • Read pages 463-465 (“Do What You Love #@&** That!”)

Due Wednesday, April 6:

Due Monday, April 4:

  • Read pages 496-498 (“A Psychology of Rumor”)
  • Read pages 512-516 (“How to Fight a Rumor”)

Due Wednesday, March 29:

  • Response paper 5.  As discussed in class, the amended page requirements for this paper are between 1.5 – 3 pages.

Due Monday, March 28 (Remember!  We don’t have class on Wednesday, as March 23 operates according to a Friday schedule):

Due Monday, March 21:

  • Complete response paper 4: you’ll need to turn in the remaining copy of your outline along with your paper.
    • Note!  Per your feedback, the new page requirements for this assignment are 1.5 – 3 pages.

Due Wednesday, March 16:

  • Read the New Yorker’s interview with Mary Gaitskill about “The Other Place” (handout)
  • Create an outline to help prepare you for response paper 4:  you will need to bring 2 copies of the outline with you to class.
    • Note!  You may outline however you choose (bullet points, Roman numerals, list-format, etc.) — the purpose of the outline is to create an initial plan for how you plan to support either claim “a” or claim “b.”
  • If you know which claim you plan to argue, please post a comment in reaction to my “Response Paper 4: State Your Claim” March 14 blog post.  As I stated in class, I will use your votes to help divide the class up in advance of Wednesday’s debate.

Due Monday, March 14:

Due Wednesday, March 9:

  • Response paper 3
    • Below please find the publication information for “Beach” — you’ll need to format it according to MLA standards for your Works Cited:
      • author:  Roberto Bolaño
      • short story title:  “Beach”
      • published in: Between Parenthesis, 2011, New Directions Publishing (NYC)

Due Monday, March 7:

  • Read Roberto Bolaño’s “Beach” (handout)
    • It is highly recommended that you annotate as you read, to capture your reactions, insights, and questions

Due Wednesday, March 2:

  • Read pages 96-129 (re: explanatory synthesis)
  • As you read, consider what sources/voices we could synthesize with “An ‘American’ Publishes a Magazine”

Due Monday, Feb 29:

Due Wednesday, Feb 24:

  • Read Wallace Shawn’s essay, “An ‘American’ Publishes a Magazine.”  Remember to annotate to capture your reactions as you read — this annotation will assist you in preparing the homework due on Feb 29.
  • Using the OpenLab “post” feature, post a summary of “An ‘American’ Publishes a Magazine”; your summary should be posted before 4PM on Feb 24, and should not exceed one paragraph.
    • Please review the “How to Create a Post” blog entry, dated Feb 22, for more information on how to fulfill this component of our assignment.

Please visit our “Classwork and Texts Distributed” page to access copies of Shawn’s essay.

Due Monday, February 22:

  • Find and summarize one link between something you learned from Cooley’s “Society is in the Mind” and something you have observed or believe to be true .  Conversely, you may also summarize a link between something you learned from Cooley and something you don’t believe to be true.
    • Note:  Your summary can be handwritten
  • Read pages 51-77 (re: critical reading)

Due Wednesday, February 17 (remember that classes do not meet on Monday, February 15):

Due Wednesday, February 10:

  • Complete unit 1 homework
    • Note!  While you’ll want to label your unit 1 homework with a heading (featuring your name, ENG1121 / D492, the name of the assignment, and the due date), you do not need to title your work.
    • As indicated on our syllabus, all work should be typed, printed, and brought to class unless otherwise noted.
    • For those looking for an example of what annotation can look like, I stumbled upon this blog post that may be of reference.

Due Monday, February 8:

  • Buy our textbook!  (See below for details)

Due Wednesday, February 3:

  • Buy our textbook (you’ll need it in advance of Feb 10)
    • Behrens, Laurence M., and Leonard J. Rose. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, 13th edition. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2000. Print.
  • Sign up for OpenLab (you likely already have, if you’re reading this!)

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