Thursday, July 28, 2011

Day 21

English 75 Summer 2011 Day 21

  1. Hand in Essay 2
    1. O/R?
                                                               i.      Y=Intro and Conclusion=+3
                                                             ii.      N=No reading=+/-0
    1. Essays back in about a week.
    2. By next Thursday at the latest, which would give you the weekend to revise if this is the paper you choose to resubmit. (“Second Chance” essays due August 9th)
  1. Third Essay Assignment (Rough Draft due in a week, Final Draft due August 8th)
    1. Vonnegut on good stories.
    2. Narrative rubric
    3. Overall structure
                                                              i.      Known world/Departure/The Call/Separation
1.       Helpers?  Guardians?
                                                            ii.      The Unknown/Initiation/Journey
1.       Challenges and Temptations
2.       Abyss
3.       Revelation
                                                          iii.      Arrival
1.       Atonement
2.       Return with Gift
    1. Checklist on structure.
    2. Handout on structure—beginning and endings.
    3. Characters
                                                               i.      Read
                                                             ii.      Checklist
                                                            iii.      Exercise—the kind of person who…
                                                           iv.      Exercise—How well do you know your characters?
                                                             v.      Exercise—Naming your characters.
  1. Bonus points: Readings for Writers: Chapter 42, Narration—Due Monday. (+5 BP)
    1. Read 613-621
    2. For each reading (there are two), do
                                                               i.      Summarize and respond
                                                             ii.      Check your comprehension
                                                            iii.      Read Critically

8 Comments:

Blogger gloria said...

the making a character activity we di today in class was fun especialy pedro lol

10:55 AM

 
Blogger Arcelia said...

I like the character activity as well :) also I think as a class we did really good on our essays. I could tell because we had excellent introductions and conclusions.

1:49 PM

 
Blogger Carly said...

The character activity was helpful and funny.

2:14 PM

 
Blogger vchavez said...

The character activity was funny! Really enjoyed class.

9:44 PM

 
Blogger Elizabeth said...

Sad to have missed out on the bonus points this day...

4:16 PM

 
Blogger Zsalinas7 said...

I enjoyed The activity we did with the characters. It was Hilarious:)

7:20 PM

 
Blogger Unknown said...

The making a character activity was interesting because you got so many different ideas of where a character description can go.

8:00 PM

 
Blogger RyRog26 said...

The character activity was a lot of fun. It definitely would have made an interesting story.

3:58 AM

 

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