Write a 3- to 5-page response to one of the texts you have read so far in this course.

Suggestions: Use the heuristics on the August 31 Powerpoint (in the Documents folder on the Blackboard site) to generate ideas and find an approach. What you're looking for is a way in--something that you want to explore and talk about, and something that will sustain an essay. What you're wanting to avoid is a collection of loosely joined observations about the text you've chosen.

Materials: You can respond to any of the assigned texts so far this semester, including the Creative Commons website. You can bring additional texts into your essay, if you wish.

Length: 3-5 pages.

Manuscript preparation: Follow the specifications here.

Due date: The final draft is due in hard copy in class on September 14. You should start the paper by September 7 so that you have a chance to talk with me about it before I leave for Oklahoma on September 10. I'll be gone till September 13 with little email access in the interim. But I'll be happy to talk with you on September 8 about your ideas or to go over a draft with you then.

Grading: As I read your paper, I'll be looking for a thesis-driven essay. If I'm convinced that the writer cares about what s/he's saying, I'll feel that I should care to read it. I always appreciate arguments that take multiple points of view into account--arguments that offer evidence for and consider counterevidence to the thesis. Editing matters; so does the manuscript presentation. If you do the assignment as requested and hand it in on time, you'll get a "C." If you do it well, you'll get a "B." If you do it exceptionally well, you'll get an "A." This paper counts as 15% of your final course grade.

WRT 428
Authors, Writers, Heroes

Section 1, Fall 2006
Syracuse University
Time: TTh 11-12:20
Place: 323 HB Crouse

Instructor:
Rebecca Moore Howard
Office: 237 HB Crouse
Office hours
Phone 315-443-1620
FAX: 315-691-9821
rehoward@syr.edu
AIM: ProfBfromWV