EN095 Guidelines for Final Description or Narration Paper

Your final paper should have the following:

• A clear overall point about your story or description. For example, if you are describing a place or person, summarize your dominant impression of them. If you are telling a story, explain what the event taught you.
• Clear Organization such as chronological order for a story or spatial order for a description (top to bottom, left the right...)
• Correct grammar, punctuation, word choice and spelling
• Clear, easily read sentences

Bring a first draft to class tomorrow for revision.

The final paper should be 3 pages long. Turn it in using a two-pocket folder, and include at least one rough draft besides the final version and your peer review comments. Put your name on the front of the folder. Use Times New Roman 12 pt font for the essay, and turn it in at 2:30 p.m. on December 7.

Due This Week - Don't Forget the Sketch Outline!

This week I am collecting Short Paper 1. Put it in a folder that has your name on the front and include the following:

• Any drafts of the paper
• A sketch/informal outline with your thesis and the points you discussed, in order
• The final draft/version of Short Paper 1

You must also submit your paper to Turnitin.com before the class next week. I will not give you back your graded paper until it is submitted. You will need the class number for your night to submit the paper:

2250851 Lindenwood Spring 2008 Monday

2250853 Lindenwood Spring 2008 Wednesday

You also need a password, which I will give you in class. Or you can email me, and I will send it to you if want to submit your assignment before we meet this week.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Class This Week - March 10th & 12th

Originally I said I'd post the poets who are taken for the undecided, but everyone has already chosen a poet and cleared it with me at this point. If you change your mind, let me know. Otherwise we should be good to go.

This week:

• Turn in your Journals 9-12 OR the Literature Paper. Your choice.
• Do your oral presentation on a poet in class.
• Bring the poem you wrote to class to share. (Email them to me, and I will feature the poems on the blog in the coming days.

Due This Week - Oral Presentation and 2nd Draft

This week the oral presentation and 2nd draft of the research paper are due. Be sure to finish your Works Cited to include with the second draft. Bring any research paper questions you have to our conference.

We will hear the oral presentations and then edit the 2nd draft of the Research Paper. I will conference with each of you during the peer editing.

Due The Week of October 15th

Due This Week:

• Final Version of Short Paper 2 (include sketch outline, all drafts, and written assignment title page in your folder)
• Oral Presentation, 5-7 minutes based on one of your short papers
• Readings Listed