Assignments 3/1, 3/2, 3/3

Please print and bring this passage to class on Wednesday. Also make sure you have your signed registration information if you did not turn it in today.

For Thursday, you will need to have read chapters 1-3 of the Great Gatsby.

For Friday, your Citation outline is due. Do not forget to include a current version of your observation and importance topics as well as a complete thesis (the formally phrased version of your ob and imp and poa points.)

Reading due 2/27

Your homework for Monday is to read the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Winter Dreams" which is located in your red book. If you do not have access to your red book, and online copy is available here.

Reminder

Your observation paragraph is due tomorrow. The slide show on style guidelines is available here.

Updates

Please continue work on your observation paragraph which is due on Friday.

The "to be" powerpoint from class today is available here.

Due Monday

Please read "The Strenuous Life" by Teddy Roosevelt, white book (922-926).

After reading, you might want to look at my (quick) analytical thoughts about the passage, in preparation for your analysis essay on Monday.

The Red Cloud editing activity that we looked at in class is available here.

Due Thursday

You will not need to bring white books to class for the remainder of the week.

Please print and bring this document to class tomorrow.

The slide show with argument introduction samples from class today is available here.

Due Tuesday and Red Cloud make-up

Read the excerpt in the white book from Jacob Riis' "The Mixed Crowd" (869-874). In your notes, write quick responses the questions 2, 3, and 5 that follow the text. Please make sure to bring your white book to class.

Those of you who were absent for the Red Cloud writing activity, you may find a link here. You will obviously not be able to rotate your paper as we did, but complete all steps in the process on your own paper. This make-up work assignment should be turned in to me by Friday, 2/10.

Updates

Please make sure you will have your observation "virtual notecards" complete and turned in on Friday. Information about that assignment and all other due dates for the research paper can be found on the research paper site; the link is available on the left.

Please make sure that you have done your reading of the "Gospel of Wealth" and "The Subtle Problem of Charity". We will get around to talking about both of these during the week.

Also, if you'd like to get a head start on reading, we will be working with "The Mixed Crowd" by Jacob Riis available in your white book.

It will be anther white book week, so please make sure it gets to class.