CP deadline change

Dear Class,

The deadline for your Color Purple  paper is henceforth extended to Wednesday, October 5, 2011 (instead of Monday).  Feel free to make some pants in celebration.

Sincerely yours,

Maureen

Rewrite Due Date

Dear Class,

Please note that the rewrite for Major Paper 1 (MLK Argument Analysis) is due Friday, October 21, 2011 in class.

Please contact me if you would like to schedule another meeting.

Happy Revising,

MTM

Update

Dear Class,

For those interested parties, both the full assignment for Paper 2 and its grading rubric are now available on the "Syllabus and Assignments" page of this website.

See you tomorrow!

MTM

Major Paper 2

Dear Class,

For planning purposes, please note that Major Paper 2 will be an argument based on your theme assignment for The Color Purple.  You will need to develop a thesis based on your theme, and support it with evidence from the text.  The full prompt will be available on Monday.

I hope you have a pleasant weekend,

MTM

Friday, September 16

Dear Class,

A reminder that for Friday, you need to bring three things to class with you:

1) Your copy of The Color Purple.
2) Your copy of the Shanyn Fiske essay that I distributed in Wednesday's class.
3) A short (less than 500-word) summary of the Fiske essay that follows the requirements outlined in pages 57-66 in A Writer's Reference.

Please note that we will be reading the first letter of The Color Purple together in class.  As I mentioned, it contains a potentially upsetting description of a rape on the first page.  If you feel uncomfortable participating in Friday's class, please contact me and we will work something out.

Sincerely,

MTM

Readings for 9/7 and 9/9

Dear Class,

The Lamott reading for Wednesday, a funny article entitled "Shitty First Drafts" is available through eReserves.

For Friday, you need your Diana Hacker book (A Writer's Reference).  We will read pages 3-37 in Hacker, and you will also be expected to bring in a "shitty first draft" of Major Paper 1. 

Hopefully we'll be able to make this experience fun!

MTM