Welcome to CompStreet!

At the end of each class period you will be responsible for posting a response to your homework readings. You may write about any of the following:

*your opinion of the piece
*a specific quote within the text
*how this information changes your perceptions
*the author's motive in writing the piece
*a question you have about the piece
*the significance of the piece

An alternative you will have as the semester goes on will be to blog about different subjects, songs, videos, quotes, or pictures that I post. From time to time I will find thought-provoking items and I want to hear your opinion! Your responses to these items could easily be used to help you write one of the four major essays.

After sharing your thoughts, see what someone else has to say. Feel free to comment on their blog. The most interesting blogs will be featured on my "Write On!" list.

Enjoy and Happy Writing!

Monday, March 14, 2011

3/14/11

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break!!!

For those who weren't in class today, you missed out on the peer review. There seems to be a lot of confusion about the poetry paper, so if you want to give me what you currently have, please e-mail me your paper or leave a hard copy in my mailbox (Dakota Hall 212). I will get them back to you by Friday and let you know if you're on the right track or where you need to revise your writing. And if you ANY questions whatsoever, please let me know. I would much rather be bombarded with e-mails then have you guys confused as to what you should be writing on. :)

I forgot to create a slot on Turnitin for your poetry papers (shame on me). It's open now, so just get it in before Wednesday. Sorry about that.

The instructor's draft of your poetry paper is due on Wednesday, March 23. Your final draft will be Wednesday, April 6.

DO NOT READ MACBETH! Since we are doing a review for the midterm on Wednesday, we won't start Macbeth until then. Our reading schedule will be reading Acts I-III for Monday and Acts IV-V for Wednesday. Shakespeare reads fairly quickly, and the play as a whole is only a couple hours long, so I think this will be doable.

I will have a unit plan for you guys on Monday, as well as your essay prompts for the Macbeth paper. Remember, your final two papers are going to be longer, so plan that in to your schedule. I will provide you with several different options for your drama paper. Feel free to use one of my suggestions or write on something of your own choosing.

And don't forget, your final draft of your short story paper is due on Wednesday! Bring me a hard copy and submit a copy to Turnitin.

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