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Semester’s Close.. Our Story’s End

15 May

Good Morning, Colleagues…




Talk to you all Monday…



English 100…

22 Apr

How did the research go? What did you unearth?


21 Apr

Due: May 19, 2014, at 10AM

Length: 5-6 Pages (Not including cover page and works cited page)

Outside Sources: 2-3

For our last paper, you can either write a critical paper on ‘Gatsby’, or an editorial, or position paper on a current event (meaning, an event from the day of this assignment’s announcement, or close thereto, or some topic that’s been in the news for some time). Whatever you select, I would not waste time! Begin brainstorming, conducting research!

I will only award “A” to papers that demonstrate a special ownership and control over their topic… So get started immediately! Put yourself in a position where you have control over your writing with this last submission.. in that your figure out what precisely it is you want to say…

There is no set, or itemized, rubric for this final paper. I will be grading on the basis of coherence, balance, and incorporation of outside sources.

Both classes….

17 Apr



Morning Walk

15 Apr

What are you
What are
Are you moving?
Please move.
Don’t let


4 Apr








See you Monday,


ENGLISH 100, 3/26/14 [Wednesday]

26 Mar

Today’s session will be divided into 8 portions: 1, reorientation: where we are, where we’re going, what our next assignment is; 2, the last readings: what’s the issue, the sides, what you think.. etc…; 3, groups, discuss your topics, proposals.. engage each other in discussion, and dare I say “debate”; 4, revisit, take notes…; 5, submitted proposals…..; 6, how to build an argument, balance out logic vs emotion.. useful language; 7, and we start our writing, actually putting out arguments on paper.. how do we begin? Engage the reader.. make us care in the first paragraph! NO– in the title!!! With this paper, title is most important, more so than with your other submissions!; 8, questions, comments, with what are we walking away, before we start writing?