Writing Assigned

19. Wegman Final papers are drop dead due.

18. Review your Wegman project. Does it do justice to Wegman's sense of humor?

17. Review your Wegman paper with the checklists on pages 281-282 (revising for conciseness) of SHORTGUIDE. Edit as needed to give yourself a yes for every question. Look up words you don't understand (pretentious, locutions, redundancies, subordination?)

16. WRITTEN PROJECT CHECK AND REVISE : Review your Wegman paper with the checklists on pages 39-40 (revising for clarity)

15. WRITTEN pages 41-42 (revising for reviewing a draft) of SHORTGUIDE. Edit as needed to give yourself a yes for every question. Look up words you don't understand (engaging, persuasive, fullfill, scope?)

14. WRITTEN FINAL CALL FOR COLLOQUIuM MAYAN B.A.L.A.MesoAmerique

REMINDER Lyrics Project is wrapping up, if you haven't presented, be prepared.

13a. SHORT GUIDE 139-160. Thinking about how to create or think about stories: plot, character, setting. Try analysing THUMBSUCKERs plot, character, setting with these ideas.

13b. Also, apply to your essay about Wegman, if possible. (are character/plot/or setting important elements of your essay?)


12. Wegman: your draft work continues. Look at your question AGAIN. Look at your art AGAIN. Think about what is strange. or funny. or raises more questions. Now write.



11. WRITING PACC FRIDAY WORK WAS IMPRESSIVE! You are each making effort and progress toward your goal of answering your research questions with excellent choices of Wegman's work. I like the fact that there is broad coverage of the exhibit and you are thinking and stretching and trying to find the right words. Bravi! Continue to ask your research question every few paragraphs. And keep checking in with yourself about whether you can do what you want to do and if not one way, then be resourceful and find another (getting images that aren't online, for example: can you scan them in?).

10. PERSPECTIVE PARAGRAPH When you are "done" with your draft, save about 60 words for your perspective statement/graph. You can put this information at the beginning,middle,or end...where it fits best. It should contrast your point, while adding important factual information that helps the reader figure out why they should care about your writing effort (what of the 5WandH you haven't addressed).


9 Serious LEAD STATEMENT and SEQUENCE reassigned. THINK in your area...lexicon....view WEGMAN art and pick 4 examples that might work or feel right.
WRITE YOUR LEAD STATMENT with the examples in mind.
Write your lead statement with your examples as a chart or an outline.
Is your lead the right level on a scale of too general to too specific?
Keep fine tuning.

4 WRITE: Summary COLLOQUIUM , 6:15- Kemper. Go, listen, summarize in one paragraph the most important point. You need 2 of the 4 summarized for assignment this summer. No credit after Monday after Thursday of Colloquium.

8WRITE for Saturday: Bibliography is due on Wegman project.

7--Download an article from a specific place about an Addiction Recovery Center, such as JOE-Betty Ford. It must be in JAKE--California, ROMAN--Minnesota, BOWEN--GAMBLING? NJ, Anne--New York, FABIAN-Boston, William--Quebec, BEN--Texas, TOM--Illinois, or CLEMENT--Britain, Australia, RICHIE--New Zealand , Nate--Hong KongKEN--all setEverything below this line must be complete for Midterm Evaluation Credit as of (Thursday July 12 end of class)

6.--turn in John Steineck Turtle/Grapes of Wrath Reading Comp Exercise


The following assignments are too far overdue to be handed in for credit as of July 10th.

5.Second week asssignments: Concepts for William Wegman at Art Gallery: Research "pun" for Thursday class preview of Wegman exhibit visit (Friday). track down roots and meaning of homonymy, polysemy, paronomasia. Follow through to 3 other sites. Bring print out or at least the urls. START WITH WIKIPEDIA'S ENTRY FOR PUN.

4.Second week assignments: Write a summary for at least 2 of the 4 colloquia. List the major point and 3 examples or analytical points that support the major point. Must be submitted the next day (Friday) through 4th day (Monday) after the talk in order to receive credit.


3.First Genius of Language Writing Assignments; Making sense of long essays
--Write down 4 observations by Luc Sante about french/english.
--Comment on the 4 observations above
--transform the previous two lists into one paragraph.
--Summarize BANGLA by reducing each paragraph or two into a sentence (or two). Total length should be about 20 sentences: at least 100 information-packed words, and no more than 200 words.
--PARAPHRASE second paragraph, page 19 GENIUS: BANGLA, using the SHORTGUIDE suggestions (SHORTGUIDE pp72-75).

2.First Assignments: Freewrites
--Rewrites of the first impressions (6/30).
--Describe your first impressions of Andover. (6/28)
--List the major goals you have in studying English. (6/28)

1. First Table and Listing Assignments: Thumbsucker: Putting together pieces of a novel
--Geneology of the main character
--personal vocabulary list
--identify the protagonist's dilemma