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Unit Three
***It
Would be to Your Advantage to Print This Unit Before Beginning the
Assignments***
In this unit, you will write four journal
entries and a descriptive essay.
If you cannot meet assignment due dates, please contact your
instructor by e-mail before the due dates. If you are behind in your
assignments, no more than two essays may be submitted in any given week unless
you have made prior arrangements with your instructor. NOTE:This
does not include journal writing assignments. You can submit as many of these
at one time as you wish.
Assignment 11: 10 Points
Click
on this link to review (if necessary) the lecture on Personal Choice Journal Entry.
Enter Microsoft
Word (or your word processing program if you are working from home).
Write a journal
entry of Your Choice (minimum 400 words).
Save and name
this document Assignment 11.
Access your English 217 class Discussion Board.
Post your journal entry in the Assignment 11 Topic
of your English 217 class Discussion Board. Be sure that
you have clicked on the Assignment 11 Topic before you
click on "Post a
new topic to this conference."
In the topic box, type (your last name's) Assignment
11.
Click on this link to read the lecture called Memorable Character.
Enter Microsoft Word (or your word processing program if you are
working from home).
Write a journal entry about a Memorable Character That You Have Known
(minimum 400 words).
Save and name this document Assignment 12.
Access your English 217 class Discussion
Board.
Post your journal entry in the Assignment
12 Topic of your English 217 class Discussion Board. Be sure that
you have clicked on the Assignment 12 Topic before you
click on "Post a
new topic to this conference."
In the topic box, type (your last name's) Assignment 12.
Click on this link to read the lecture on Childhood Hideaway.
Enter Microsoft Word (or your word processing program
if you are working from home).
Write a journal entry using words that appeal to the
senses about a
Save and name this document Assignment 13.
Access your English 217 class Discussion
Board.
Post your journal entry in the Assignment
13 Topic of your English 217 class Discussion Board. Be sure that
you have clicked on the Assignment 13 Topic before you
click on "Post a
new topic to this conference."
In the topic box, type (your last name's) Assignment 13.
Enter Microsoft
Word (or your word processing program if you are working from home).
Write a journal
entry Responding to Any Other Student's Entry (minimum 400 words). Choose an
entry that interests you and write a Personal Response to that entry.
IMPORTANT
NOTE: If you cannot access the class Discussion Board because of technical
problems, you may do another Personal Choice entry for this assignment.
Save and name
this document Assignment 14.
Access your English 217 class Discussion
Board.
Post your
journal entry in the Assignment 14
Topic of your English 217 class Discussion Board. Be sure that you have clicked on the Assignment
14 Topic before you click on "Post a
new topic to this conference."
In the topic
box, type (your last name's) Assignment 14.
Assignment 15: 100 Points
Click on this
link to read the lecture called Flesh and
Flush.
Click on this
link to read the lecture called Character
Development.
Click on this
link to read the lecture called Descriptive
Essay.
Enter Microsoft
Word (or your word processing program if you are working from home).
Write a 700-900
word essay using description as your mode.
NOTE: Your
essay needs to be700 to 900 words in length. Use your word processor's
statistics feature to check the length of your essay as you are writing it.
You can write this essay in first person (I, me, we, our); however, DO NOT use second person (you, your) at any time in your writings in this unit or in any of the other units unless it is in dialogue or a direct quote.
Be sure to
proofread your essay carefully and edit it for organization, sentence
structure, grammar, and punctuation problems.
Review the
lecture on Editing and Revising if
necessary.
Save and name
this document Assign15.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not use Microsoft Word to type your
assignments, you must save this assignment as a Microsoft Word document before
sending it as an attachment.
Be sure to
format your essay according to the directions in Unit 1. Go to Unit 1 to review
the directions if necessary.
Click on the
following link to access your instructor's e-mail address.
When
asked for a subject, type (your last name’s) Assignment 15.
If you experience problems sending attachments, you
have the option of printing your essay and sliding it under your instructor’s
office door with her permission.
**IMPORTANT
NOTE: You must check with your instructor before choosing this option. This will not be an option for summer school
or winter intersession students.
If you choose, you can mail your essay addressed to
your instructor with her permission at English
Department, Mesa Community College, 1833 W. Southern Avenue, Mesa, Arizona,
85202, (your instructor's name). NOTE: Be sure to mail your work in time for
your instructor to receive it by the due date.
**IMPORTANT
NOTE: You must check with your instructor before choosing this option. This will not be an option for summer school or winter intersession students.
NOTE: You will be allowed to rewrite this essay one time after you have
received your graded copy back. If your revised essay is greatly improved, you
can receive a higher grade on the essay. However your grade cannot be raised higher than one letter grade. For
example, if you received a 'C' on the first paper, the most you can receive on
the rewritten paper is a 'B.'
**Rewritten essays must be turned in one week after the original graded
essay is received.
Total
Points for Unit 3: 140
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