Reading Schedule
Read syllabus
Discuss class projects
Writing sample
Writershelp web site
Introductions
First assignment
Assignment:
Assignment for ENG102 Have for 9/15 class
1.
Come to class with three topics for a research
paper. It should be a topic that interests you.
a.
Not OK:
steroids, diseases, marijuana legalization, abortion
b.
Preferred: a topic from your major that you
would like to explore. A current event that could be analyzed (example from last
semester: Occupy movement). A social
development, such as how self-control is a factor in student and adult success.
Who succeeds and why: See Malcolm
Gladwell’s site for ideas (http://www.gladwell.com/)
2.
Read play paper at blog “Sample Drama Paper from
102 “ (sixth or seventh from bottom of Links section)
3.
Choose a poetry genre by reading the two links
at poets.org: Poets & Poetry à”Essays
and Interviews” à
“Schools & Movements” and “Forms
& Techniques.”
4.
Purchase book and access card for web site.
Bring receipt for 25 class participation points.
