Homework:

Read     intro: p. 97 Stark, p.105 Schlosser, 122 Rogers, 133.  Bring in a piece of writing that begins your "writing to report Information" effort.

For Monday Oct. 8 .  Read "The Thin Red Line" by Jennifer Egan. pp151-165.  Then, write reflectively on the piece:  What writing techniques does Egan use to make this report "come alive"?  (Think techniques like using dialogue, making lists, using examples, specific narrative action, interviewing, quoting authoritative sources, sensory description.) Point out exactly where the author used each technique, quoting the passage.  Where can you incorporate some of these techniques into your own piece that reports information?

Bring your answers, and a complete draft of your piece, to class.

Also, Read Chapter 2 of Writing Without Teachers.  Write a brief reflection on your writing process for this paper.

Monday, Oct. 15: You should plan on turning in the first paper (to report information) this week or next week. Do you need help citing sources?  Check out COD Library's wonderful research and MLA help. The best!.  How are you structuring your paper? How do you move between reported info and your own insights/experiences?

Read  p. 293 "The Sad Comedy of Really Bad Food"p.307 "Reach Out and Annoy Someone" What can you say about essays that evaluate?

Monday Oct. 22: Read  pp. 275 to 282.  Choose your subject, and begin writing about it. Bring your writing to class.

Nov. 3: Begin reading for your last essay. You have a choice: . Writing to either a. move others  or b. persuade others or c. amuse others. Read pp. 443-450, 497-509, and 579-584. You must turn in a written summary of each of these readings. A summary mentions all the points of a reading, without the examples and explanation.

Nov. 18.  Read "A Hanging" 461, "Am I Blue " p467, "Racial Profiling" p524, "Letter From Birmingham Jail" p. 534, "Eleventh Hour Bride" p. 600, "The Learning Curve."  p. 611.  Bring in at least a page of each form : emotive, persuasive, amusing. Your writing ideas are available at the end of each reading in chapters 6, 7, and 8. Go forward with whichever subject and style seems most compelling to you, but you must make a serious stab at all three forms.

Nov. 24-- A draft of your third paper is due--make it as complete and fleshed out as possible.

Dec. 1 Revised Third paper due. You will have the chance today to work on revising a paper of your choice.

Dec. 8: Last day of class. All papers due.