News
Last updated Mon Jul 19 18:25:01 EDT 2004 by JMC.
Here you will find course announcements and reminders. This section is updated whenever new scheduling or assignment information is given in class. Newer entries are toward the top.
1 December 2003, Monday
The peer review worksheet for the final essay is now available in the materials section.
29 November 2003, Saturday
A sentence construction exercise and a case study on Latin/Saxon word use have been added to the materials section.
25 November 2003, Tuesday
The style essay assignment has been posted to the materials section.
17 November 2003, Monday
The peer review worksheet for the synthesis essay is now available from the materials section.
11 November 2003, Tuesday
Materials for the synthesis essay have been posted. They include:
- The assignment itself;
- "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell, with accompanying study questions; and
- Study questions for Jorge Luis Borges's review of Citizen Kane.
29 October 2003, Wednesday
The peer review worksheet for the third essay is now available in the materials section, and the syllabus has been updated to reflect the new course schedule.
26 October 2003, Sunday
A handout on logic has been added to the materials section. This short piece outlines the most common logical fallacies found in English papers.
21 October 2003, Tuesday
The materials section now contains handouts for the persuasion section of the course. There you will find your next essay assignment, as well as study questions for essays by Neil Postman and Gore Vidal.
13 October 2003, Monday
The peer review worksheet for the second essay has been posted to the materials section.
A brief guide to MLA citation written by the OSU libraries is also available.
Additionally, an email containing the peer review worksheets and essays for the large group workshop was sent out to the class list. Please mark up the drafts and fill out the worksheets for Wednesday.
10 October 2003, Friday
A sample descriptive essay has been added to the materials section.
5 October 2003, Sunday
The second essay assignment and study questions for Marx and Engels have been posted to the materials section.
By way of reminder, your packet of items from the first essay assignment is due tomorrow.
28 September 2003, Sunday
The review worksheet for the first essay has been posted to the materials section. Please fill out one copy for the demo workshop essay and for each member of your small workshop group.
21 September 2003, Sunday
The syllabus has been updated to reflect the following changes:
First, the Comparison essay is now called the Synthesis essay. Second, the order of the essays has been changed from Personal Narrative, Description, Synthesis, Persuasion to Personal Narrative, Description, Persuasion, Synthesis. Revised due dates can be found in the syllabus.
Additionally, the first essay assignment is now online. All of these updates can be found in the materials section.
14 September 2003, Sunday
A handout on the writing process was added to the materials section.
The first round of conferences starts tomorrow and continues through Wednesday the 17th. You can find your time posted on my office door after Monday's class.
7 September 2003, Sunday
A handout on Plato was added to the materials section.
1 September 2003, Monday
The course website is now online.
