Week 11 Participation Credit

This week’s participation credit is an easy one: email Essay 5 to me at rdturner@cnm.edu by 5pm this Friday, November 13.  Graded essays will be returned by next Thursday.

For 11/4

For Wednesday, please do the following:

Download your graded Essay 4 (I returned this earlier today)
Read “Two Ways to Belong in America” (Models for Writers page 126), “The Magic of the Family Meal” (Models for Writers page 208), “Childhood” (Models for Writers page 222), and “Why and When We Speak Spanish in Pubic” (Models for Writers [...]

Week 9 Participation Credit

For this week’s one-hour participation credit, read “Childhood” by Alice Walker (Models for Writers page 222) and write a one-paragraph response to the essay.  What is Walker’s main idea, and how does she present it?  Do you agree with what she has to say?  Do you have a similar experience or outlook?
Post your response here [...]

Essay 5

For Essay 5, write an essay in which you explore ways in which groups shape a person’s sense of self. Base your topic on some of the readings we have looked at recently, including “The Magic of the Family Meal” by Nancy Gibbs and “Childhood” by Alice Walker. Feel free to use your [...]