Word of the Day Box.net FilesFor this week’s participation credit, I want to know a bit more about your work on Essay 2. Since we have extended the essay deadline to next Monday, your assignment is to post your thesis statement for Essay 2 here as a comment. Thesis statements posted here by 5pm Friday will count for [...]
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Because of some of the interruptions and delays we have faced in working on Essay 2, I am taking the uncommon step of extended your deadline on this assignment. Essay 2 will now be due to me via email by 11:59 pm next Monday, October 5. You can submit your essay sooner than that if [...]
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On Monday we will discuss skills for revising paragraphs. In preparation, please look over these notes on Paragraph Revision.
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Due to an illness that has been buzzing around our house for a few days, I have to cancel class for Monday, September 21. We will move the discussion for that day to Wednesday. To make up for this missed day, you can earn the two hours of attendance credit by posting a comment here [...]
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For Essay 2, you will write an essay that compares two uses of or approaches to technology. Begin by reading “Burdens of the Modern Beast” by Linton Weeks (Models for Writers pages 340-343), “You Are What You Search” by Paul Boutin (Models for Writers pages 452-455), and “Building Baby From the Genes Up” by Ronald [...]
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