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Note: I’ve put these steps in an order that makes sense to me. You should complete them all as part of your revision, but you don’t have to complete them in the order I listed them. Whatever makes sense to … Continue reading Revision steps for Final Essay
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For your final essay, you will imagine the following scenario: The English faculty at Dawson are debating whether or not its members should continue to teach A Doll’s House. The debate centres on the play’s social, emotional, and artistic relevance. … Continue reading Final Essay Instructions
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All of the work you do today will be on your “Module 3 Final Draft” post. There is nothing to submit for today. Task one: first sentence Your first sentence must contain the article’s title (the one you’re responding to), … Continue reading Module 3 Final Draft Last Steps
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For Friday, you will re-write the rough draft of your “modest proposal” assignment. Make sure to do this work on a new blog post, not on your rough draft one. You want to make sure to get a grade for … Continue reading Homework for Friday, Nov. 11
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Today you will write at least half of your rough draft. You’ll write the rest at home for Tuesday. The more you get done in the lab today, the less you have to do at home. Two things to … Continue reading “Modest Proposal” Rough Draft
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For your Module 3 assignment, you will write a “modest proposal” that is inspired by the structure and tone of “My Amendment,” by George Saunders. Your modest proposal will be written in response to an recently published article (it must … Continue reading Module 3 Assignment
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Find an article that you can respond to for your modest proposal assignment. Print two articles you might possibly respond to for your modest proposal and bring them to class. If the articles are long, print the first page or … Continue reading Homework for Nov. 1
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Task One: Structure Divide into the following sections: Exposition: where Ken Byron states exactly what he’s responding to, and makes his position clear. First appearance of conflict: The first moment where something out of the ordinary happens. Note each further … Continue reading “My Amendment”
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You’re not handing in anything today. You will continue working on your drafts. Copy the work from the latest version of your rough draft onto a new blog post or onto a Word doc and work there. The final draft … Continue reading Work for Final Draft (Oct 21 Lab + HW for Oct 25)
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For your final draft, you will take the 3 paragraphs you wrote for your rough draft and turn them into a character analysis essay on “Two Boys and a Girl,” by Tobias Wolff. What you will need to do: Add … Continue reading Module 2 Assignment Final Draft instructions + HW for Oct. 21
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For your Module 2 Assignment, you will do a character analysis of Gilbert, from “Two Boys and a Girl,” by Tobias Wolff. What is a character analysis? A character analysis is an essay that looks in-depth at a character from … Continue reading Module 2 Rough Draft instructions (due Oct. 18)
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Let’s talk about sentences. Here’s something to think about: sentences can be different lengths. They can long, or short, or medium sized. For best results in your writing, try varying the length of your sentences: some shorter, some longer. It’s … Continue reading Sentences
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By now, we’ve gone through the first half of “Two Boys and a Girl” in pretty close detail in class. But, we won’t have time to go through the entire story in this close detail in class. For HW, reread pages … Continue reading Homework for Oct 7
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Read all of “Two Boys and a Girl” by Tobias Wolff, and respond to the prompt below. Your response should be about 200 words. Make a couple of specific references to events from the text. Your goal in this exercise … Continue reading Reading Response #2 (due Oct. 4)
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Remember everything we said about character in class. What we are interested in is a well-rounded examination of the character’s personality. In this case, Gilbert. What makes him tic? Some questions we’ll try to answer over the next few weeks: … Continue reading Character Exercises
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Below are a list of revision steps. You don’t need to complete them in this order. Start with whichever step you think is most pressing for your text. Different students’ texts are in different stages of development. Some are closer … Continue reading Final Draft Revision Steps
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Your rough draft for your first Module assignment is due next class. Here’s what you have to do. First, re-read the instructions for the assignment. (The instructions originally included three poems to choose from, but since we only read one, … Continue reading Module 1 Assignment Rough Draft Instructions (HW, due Sep. 20)
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Task one: Looking up references The poem refers to the “Indian Ganges” (5). Look up Ganges on Wikipedia. Read the first few introductory paragraphs. In one sentences, write what the Ganges is, and what it means to Hindus. Use your … Continue reading Words and revision activity (in-class, Sept. 16)
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Download this exercise in PDF format To analyze: to study (something) closely and carefully; to learn the nature and relationship of the parts of (something) by a close and careful examination (from Merriam Webster). In this exercise, you’ll practice making … Continue reading Making Connections Exercise (due Sep. 16)
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Using research is great! I encourage you to do it, if you want to. But, if you conduct research, there are a few important things to keep in mind: Be demanding of your sources. There is a lot of useful stuff … Continue reading Research Exercise
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In this exercise, you will write a response from the Coy Mistress to the speaker of “To His Coy Mistress,” by Andrew Marvell. You will either explain how his poem has succeeded to woo you, or how it has failed … Continue reading From His Coy Mistress Exercise (HW, due Sep 9)
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Please respond to the following prompt on “To His Coy Mistress,” by Andrew Marvell. Your response should be a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 250 words. Do you think writing this poem for someone is an effective way to try to … Continue reading Reading Response #1 (due Sep 6)
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“To His Coy Mistress,” by Andrew Marvell Imagery and research exercise In this exercise, we will work on the following skills: Recognizing and discussing imagery Discovering the connotations of words and images Researching unfamiliar terms Teamwork. You will be given … Continue reading Imagery and connotation exercise
The Montreal World Press Photo Exposition was quite interesting. The photographs that were taken and shown on display were astonishing. I find photo exhibits in general to be really cool. I’ve always had an interest in photography and pictures that can describe the moment and speak a thousand words in just a single image. Some photographs were very explicit and graphic. To the point where I asked myself how was the photographer able to take that kind of photo? or how did he even get the opportunity to do so? Overall the experience was great and very inspiring. Made me want … Continue reading Montreal World Press Photo Exposition 2017
Dear English Department Faculty, It has come to my attention that you are debating whether or not to continue teaching A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen in your classes. The play is, of course, about a woman, Nora who has … Continue reading Limits
Dear English Department Faculty, It has come to my attention that you are debating whether or not to continue teaching the play A doll’s house by Henrik Ibsen, in your classes. This play is, of course, about what appears … Continue reading Go For It
By: Martha Roussopoulos Dear English Department Faculty, It has come to my attention that you are debating whether or not to continue teaching the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, in your classes. This drama is about a woman, … Continue reading Anything Is Possible
Dear English Department Faculty, It has come to my attention that you are debating whether or not the play A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen is still a relevant text to teach in 2016. The story is about a young … Continue reading One Step Closer to Freedom
By Natasha Ng Dear English Department Faculty, It has come to my attention that you are debating whether or not to continue teaching the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, in your classes. The play is, of course, about … Continue reading A Man’s World
Dear English Department Faculty, It has come to my attention that you are debating whether or not to continue teaching the play A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, in your classes. The story revolves around a family, the Helmer family, … Continue reading In search of an identity
