Remaining assignments: update 10/25/16
1)
Revision of response assignment #1 is due HARDCOPY with a HARDCOPY of original
with my comments on it on Oct 31 in class.
2)
RESPONSE ASSIGNMENT #2:
Choose a character in any one of the works we have discussed. In two pages, with a strong intro (lead-in, thesis statement, forecasting) and focused body paras but NO CONCLUSION, argue WHY and/or HOW that character is important to the work he or she inhabits. In this assignment, as in the previous one, you focus should again be on close reading, analysis, and strength of your paras as idea units: each para should make one argumentative point about the character and his or her importance to the work.
DUE DATE: MONDAY NOVEMBER 07 by Word attachment (like last time)
Choose a character in any one of the works we have discussed. In two pages, with a strong intro (lead-in, thesis statement, forecasting) and focused body paras but NO CONCLUSION, argue WHY and/or HOW that character is important to the work he or she inhabits. In this assignment, as in the previous one, you focus should again be on close reading, analysis, and strength of your paras as idea units: each para should make one argumentative point about the character and his or her importance to the work.
DUE DATE: MONDAY NOVEMBER 07 by Word attachment (like last time)
3)
***THIS
IS A CHANGE TO THE SYLLABUS***
PROPOSAL FOR FINAL ESSAY (10% for simply handing in a bona fide effort on time)
In two pages outline your plans for your final 5-page paper. Tell me your topic, give me a working thesis statement if you can, tell me what passages from the text you plan to use to support your argument. You could add what difficulties you see if there are any. The more information you give me, the more feedback I can give you.
DUE DATE: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 by Word attachment
PROPOSAL FOR FINAL ESSAY (10% for simply handing in a bona fide effort on time)
In two pages outline your plans for your final 5-page paper. Tell me your topic, give me a working thesis statement if you can, tell me what passages from the text you plan to use to support your argument. You could add what difficulties you see if there are any. The more information you give me, the more feedback I can give you.
DUE DATE: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 by Word attachment
4)
FINAL PAPER (no exam now; final 5 page paper is
worth 30%)
Choose a topic and write a focused argument with an intro that has a thesis statement and forecasting and s series of focused, well-developed paras pushing your argument forward, and a conclusion summing up your argument as a whole.
DUE DATE: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7 HARD COPY TO FRONT DESK 23rd FLOOR 25 PARK PLACE
Choose a topic and write a focused argument with an intro that has a thesis statement and forecasting and s series of focused, well-developed paras pushing your argument forward, and a conclusion summing up your argument as a whole.
DUE DATE: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7 HARD COPY TO FRONT DESK 23rd FLOOR 25 PARK PLACE
FINAL ESSAY TOPIC
SUGGESTIONS:
1) In either The Merchant of Venice or White Teeth, show how one or more of the characters’ lives are shaped by the prejudices of the society they find themselves in.
1) In either The Merchant of Venice or White Teeth, show how one or more of the characters’ lives are shaped by the prejudices of the society they find themselves in.
2) What do you think is Christina Rossetti’s main purpose in
Goblin Market?
3) Does Faustus bring about his own downfall or are other
characters and his environment responsible?
4) Choose a character from any one of the texts we have read
and explain why that work would not be what it is without that character.
