Reading due Thursday: Cotton Mather "Wonders of the Invisible World." Red Book. (75-78)
Reading due Friday: Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Red Book (70-73)

Antithesis Essay Scoring Guides

Your antithesis essay will receive two scores: One for transitions and one for content. Please use these slides as a means to help you write and revise your paper prior to turning it in.

Antithesis Practice Essay and Reading

The assignment information for your first writing assignment is explained in these slides. Please note that this assignment is due Monday, September 18th.

For Friday, we will also be discussing our first reading assignments from your red literature book. Please read the passages from John Smith (42-47) and William Bradford (50-54). On Thursday in class we will discuss what types of things we will be focusing on in our reading, but if you need to get a head start because you will have a busy Thursday, feel free!

Due 9/12

There was no homework assigned for Tuesday. Please make sure that you have read all of the Musings packet if you have not done so.

Due Monday, 9-11

Please read part 2 of the Musings packet.

The powerpoint on introductions is available here.

Due Friday, 9/8

Please read, understand, and study part 1 of the "Musings on the 5 Paragraph document for Friday. The handout is yours, so please feel free to highlight and write notes to yourself.

Due Thursday, 9/7

If you did summer reading achievements, please bring in your sheet for Thursday so we can acknowledge your accomplishments. If you did not do summer reading achievements or were unaware of the concept, don't worry! This is not a graded assignment.



Please review the course syllabus here and bring in your signed acknowledgment of our class's expectations. Please have this turned in by Friday 9/8.