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English 102
Here you will find the various writing assignments for the course. Information will be added to this page as the semester progresses. This page is divided into two parts, Informal Writing Exercises and Formal Essay Assignments. Unless otherwise noted, all informal assignments should be E-mail to the online discussion group ("padge").
Informal Writing Exercises
Week 2 (Jan. 15-19):
Because this is the first full set of informal writing assignments, you will have until Friday, January 26, to complete these assignments.
1. Write an introduction to yourself.
2. Respond to H.R. 1391, pp. 436-51 in Conversations.
Week 3 (Jan. 22-26):
3. Explain what you intend to write about for Essay 1 and how you intend to go about it.
4. (In class Jan. 25) Respond to several other people's posts regarding their Essay 1 topics, offering any suggestions you can think of.
Week 4 (Jan. 29-Feb. 2):
5. Write about a topic of your choice.
6. Write about a topic of your choice or respond to someone else's topic.
Week 5 (Feb. 5-9):
7. Write about a topic of your choice.
8. Define "media" and write about some aspects of it.
Week 6 (Feb. 12-16):
9. Write brief descriptions of at least four possible topics for Essay 2. (One of them may be the topic of your essay.)
10. Write a one- or two-paragraph summary of a source you intend to use in Essay 2, and then write a paraphrase of a single idea expresses in that source. (See the handout "Using Sources" for a definition of "summary" and "paraphrase.")
February 15: Reader Response on Essay 2 in Weir Hall.
Week 7 (Feb. 19-23):
11. Respond to one of the Time Magazine articles you chose in class on Feb. 20, explaining what you like, dislike, agree with, etc., OR respond to someone else's post on this subject.
12. Write a brief, but comprehensive summary of one of the Time Magazine articles chosen in class on Feb. 20. Write your summary as if you were going to include it as part of a formal research paper. For your convenience, here are links to Time tables of contents for the issues you went over in class:
*January 8, 1996 *January 22, 1996 *January 29, 1996 *February 5, 1996 *February 12, 1996 *February 19, 1996
Week 8 (Feb. 26-March 1):
13. Detail your plans for Essay 3. What will your topic be? What kinds of sources do you plan to use? How do you intend to support your argument, construct it? etc.
14. Write about a topic of your choice.
Week 9 (March 4-March 8):
15. and 16. Write about topics of your choice for both of this week's email assignments.
Week 10 (March 18-22):
17. Write about any experiences you wish to reveal about your spring break. To make this argumentative, argue why your intended destination (or lack thereof) was either justified (if you enjoyed it) or not justified (i.e., if you had a lousy time).
18. Choose one of the following topics and write about it in a detailed, though short (three-four paragraphs) message to the list:
Select a ritual with which you are familiar and argue for or against the value(s) it represents. Examples of such rituals include the high school prom, Christmas gift-giving, a fraternity initiation, a confirmation or bar mitzvah, a funeral ceremony, a Fourth of July celebration.
Detail the criteria for determining what makes a good song, movie, book, etc., and arrange them in priority order (i.e., "the most important consideration is ... another factor is" etc.).
Argue in favor of or against shopping malls as a place for children and adolescents to hang out.
Week 11 (March 25-29):
19. Write about a topic of your choice, preferably pertaining to your topic in Essay 4.
20. Write about a topic of your choice.
Week 12 (April 1-5):
21. Respond to the Who Should Survive? exercise done in class.
22. Write about a topic of your choice.
Week 13 (April 8-12):
23. Write about a topic of your choice.
24. Write about a topic of your choice.
Week 14 (April 15-19):
25. Write about a topic of your choice, preferably an argumentative topic.
26. Write about a topic of your choice relating to one of your essay topics.
Week 15 (April 22-26):
27. At some point before Thursday, April 25, you must fill out Final Portfolio Essay Select Forms for each of the five essays you have written this semester.
28. (The Final E-mail assignment!) Write a summary of your experience this semester, commenting on the sorts of things you plan to incorporate in your portfolio letter of introduction.