Response Assignment #2

Don’t forget (as I’m sure you won’t , that next Monday, September 1st is Labor Day, and thus we do not have class that morning!

For Wednesday, September 3rd, please do the following:

• Read “The Writing Process” from Frame Work (be prepared to discuss and/or respond to writing prompts in class). I emailed this reading to you on Friday, so if you didn’t get it, email me and let me know, and I’ll resend.
• Also – go to A Writer’s Reference web site, sign in and, if prompted, be sure you list my email address (kscotta@gmu.edu) so that I will receive the results of your work. Once you are at the main menu, click on Writing Exercises and complete the following exercises: E-ex C1-1 and E-ex C2-1.

For Friday, September 5th, please read the following:

• Read Chapter 1, section on “Active Reading” (pp 6-22) in Common Culture: Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture (required book for class). For your blog response, due on Monday, September 8th by no later than 7 a.m., respond to any one set of questions at the bottom of page 21 of your reading. Be sure that you back up your response with examples and/or evidence from the text (a quote or small passage that exemplifies your point).

Response Assignment #1

For Wednesday, class meets in Innovation Hall, Room 327! Also, please be sure to read the following, which I have sent to you via email (if you did not receive it, please email me):

• “Academically Speaking: Audience, Language, Power” from Frame Work: Culture, Storytelling, and College Writing (sent via email to your gmu account).
  

For Friday, please read:

• A Writer’s Reference Chapter: Composing and Revising, sections C1-C4.

Since we are all new to one another, let’s start off this blog by introducing ourselves. Tell us who you are, where you’re from, what your major is (or might be), and perhaps something about your hobbies, interests outside the classroom, or whatever else you think will help us better know who you are. If you have any particularly interesting story (or recent event you experienced), please feel free to share. I really don’t have any particular “format” in mind, so feel free to also be creative with this assignment — let your voice come to the surface!