Homework Week of September 2

Due Day 1 (Block 3: Tuesday; Block 1: Wednesday)

• Bring in your first draft of "Where I'm From" for peer editing today. Select details from Friday's brainstorming to craft your own "Where I'm From." Borrow freely from the template if you like, but experiment with the form to find a way to express yourself in a voice that feels natural to you. Lyons's template is simply a starting point...
  
• Check the rubric your class devised for suggestions on crafting an effective poem:
  • Block 3 Where I'm From Rubric
    
  • Block 1 Where I'm From Rubric
    

Due Day 2 (Block 3: Wednesday; Block 1: Thursday)

• Submit your revised "Where I'm From" to turnitin.com by noon today. In addition, please bring a hard copy for posting on our bulletin board. Go to http://turnitin.com/static/index.html and click on New User to register your class ID (given below). It's free.
  • Block 1, your class ID is 2375850. The password: cawood
  • Block 3, your class ID is 2375843. The password: cawood

Due Friday, September 5 (both sections)

• Bring Sophocles, The Three Theban Plays with you to class on Friday.
• "Parasentence": Write a paragraph about any sentence in The Remains of the Day and submit your paper to turnitin.com by noon today. The goal is closely to read one sentence commenting on what the sentence does (the impact) and how it achieves this effect. Consult the class notes posted below for ideas:
1. Block 1 Sentence Style Notes
   
2. Block 3 Sentence Style Notes
3. Check the Glossary too...
   
4. Check out this Sample Parasentence as well....
   

Go to http://turnitin.com/static/index.html and click on New User to register your class ID (given below). It's free.

• Block 1, your class ID is 2375850. The password: cawood
• Block 3, your class ID is 2375843. The password: cawood