Dr. Bessie M. Vaughns
English 100 AL Compostion
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Assignments The class assignments and the assigned writing exercises are a tentative outlay of assignments this semester. It is quite possible that those assignments may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Those changes will be announced in class. Please Note: It is to the students’ great advantage to discipline themselves in attending class regularly. Absences will cause students to miss assignments that can not be made up (such as lectures, class discussions, and some exams if those exams have been returned.) Missing such work and class assignments may weaken considerably the students’ total score in English 100. If you know that you will be absent on the day that a writing assignment is due, then you should turn in your paper before that date. However, if you don’t know that you are going to be absent on that due date, then you should send in your assignment by someone else. Essays will NOT be accepted via email. (The final writing project is due on or before the assigned day ONLY). |
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Outside Writing Assignments |
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Week of January 19 – February 2, 2010 (Expository Essay – Please refer to Pages 9-11 in your Students Notes.) Anzaldua’s Borderlands/La Frontera – In Chapter Two, page 37, the author gave a personal account of her first years of rebellion as she was learning to speak English. In an expository (sprinkled with a bit of narration) essay you are to explain the symbols of her rebellion as she posed in a photograph. Apply those symbols to your own rebellious acts in your youth. Due February 2, 2010 only. |
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Week of February 4 – 18, 2010 (Argumentative Essay-Please refer to Pages 6-8 in your Students Notes.) Cose’s Color Blind – In Chapter Five Cose discussed Dr. King’s views. Compare/contrast this statement: “The reality of King’s views is much more complicated than the “content of their character”. . . Due February 18, 2010 only. |
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Week of February 23 – March 16, 2010 (Argumentative Essay) Barnet’s Current Issues. . . . -- State your position as to whether you agree or disagree with the issues in Chapter Ten concerning the “Lifeboat” analogy. Do you agree with Singer or Hardin? You must support your decision based upon the mechanics of an argumentative essay that is outlined in your Students Notes. Due March 16, 2009 only. |
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Week of March 18 – April 22, 2010 (Expository Essay [again sprinkled with a bit of narration with a hint of description]) Okada’s No-No Boy: from this book comes your final writing project. You will be given a topic that will require critical evaluation, observation, and analyzation, based upon Okada’s concepts but applied to your life. It is vital that you attend class regularly to gather as many lecture notes as possible. Your lecture notes should enable you to write a full five to seven page essay discussing the assigned topic. (Essay evaluation, however, depends upon the quality of the paper and not quantity.) (Analogy Lessons 13 - 15) |
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Finally, you have approximately six weeks to complete this paper; it is due on or before the assigned day without exception. It will NOT be accepted after the day that it is due (regardless of the circumstances). Since it is worth 200 points, you may risk failing the class if it is not turned in on time. |
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Book exams are scheduled to be given on the day that the outside writing assignments are due. Please make every effort to be in class on those days, especially. |
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Supplement Essay Information
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