- Learn vocabulary, PCW, pp. 285, 302
- Read "My First Conk," PCW, p. 282
- Read "Get it Right," PCW 299
- Choose a topic on p. 319 for a 500-word process essay due 3/18/11 (Don't use topics 2 or 6)
- Write opening paragraph and outline of process essay and bring to class for workshopping
- Finish parallelism worksheet if not completed in class
Friday, February 25, 2011
Assignments for Friday, March 4, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Assignment for Friday, February 25, 2011
- Complete your exemplification essay
- Read PCW, pp. 263-79
- Learn vocabulary words, pp. 289 & 309
- Read "Getting Coffee is Hard to Do" (PCW 287)
- Read "The Embalming of Mr. Jones" (PCW 304)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Assignments for Friday, February 18, 2011
- Read PCW, ch. 8 (pp. 199-213)
- Learn all vocabulary words, PCW, pp. 221, 246
- Read "The Peter Principle" (PCW, p. 216)
- Read "Fatwa City” (PCW, p. 242)
- Choose a topic from PCW, p. 261, nos. 1, 2, 6, 7-10, for a 500-word exemplification essay
- Bring the first paragraph and outline of your exemplification essay to class 2/18/11; final essay is due 2/25/11
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Assignments for Friday, February 11, 2011
- Complete narrative essay (PCW, pp. 141-42, no. 1, 5, 8, or 11)
- Vocabulary: accoutrement, acumen, ad nauseam, assail, constancy, contumely, cosmopolitan, devoid, dynamism, elitism, embodiment, evangelical, evince, inclination, manic, nuance, parlance, populism, pretense, pundit, retrograde, status quo, stemwinder, visceral (as always, it helps to learn the words before reading the essay)
- "The Meaning of Sarah Palin"
- "Keep it simple" handout
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