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Unit Four
***It
Would be to Your Advantage to Print This Unit Before Beginning the
Assignments***
In
this unit, you will write three journal entries. and a persuasive 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 16: 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 16
Access your English 217 class Discussion Board.
Access your English 217 class Discussion Board.
Post your journal entry in the Assignment 16
Topic of your English 217 class Discussion Board. Be sure that you have clicked on the Assignment
16 Topic before you click on "Post a new topic to this
conference."
In the topic box, type (your last name's) Assignment
16.
Click on link to read the lecture called Simile/Metaphor.
Enter Microsoft Word (or your word processing program
if you are working from home).
Write a journal entry using Similes and/or Metaphors (minimum 400 words).
Save and name this document-Assignment 17
Access your English 217 class Discussion Board.
Access your English 217 class Discussion
Board.
Post your
journal entry in the Assignment 17 Topic of your English 217 class
Discussion Board. Be sure that
you have clicked on the Assignment 17 Topic before you click
on "Post a new topic to this conference."
In the topic
box, type (your last name's) Assignment 17.
Assignment 18: 10 Points
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 in Unit 4 (minimum 400 words). Choose
an entry that interests you and write a Personal
Response to that entry. Be sure to state in your journal entry which
assignment you are responding to.
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 18
Access your English 217 class Discussion Board.
Post your journal entry in the Assignment 18
Topic of your English 217 class Discussion Board. Be sure that you have clicked on the Assignment
18 Topic before you click on "Post a new topic to this
conference."
In the topic box, type (your last name's) Assignment
18.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUMMER OR WINTER INTERCESSION STUDENTS: You do not have to write an essay for this
unit.
Click on this link to read
the lecture called Style.
Click on this link to read
the lecture called Language.
Click on this link to read
the lecture called Persuasion.
Enter Microsoft Word (or your
word processing program if you are working from home).
Write a 700-900 word persuasive essay about a topic that
personally interests you.
·
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.
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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.
If you need help with editing
techniques, click on this link and read the lecture on Editing and Revising
Save and name this document-Assign19
- 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)
Assign. 19
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 4: 30
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