Essay Assignments

Other Assignments

Blackboard Discussion Posts

Throughout the semester, you will be asked to post several short assignments to the student discussion forum on Blackboard. These assignments are designed to help you through various stages of your writing process and to present strong ideas in your essay. Blackboard is a way for us to begin conversations about our work that we will continue offline in both small group and whole class discussions.

Peer Review

Group work is an important and regular part of this class. You will be grouped with other students to workshop drafts of your assignments throughout the semester. It is important that you attend class in order to get the most out of your peer review sessions. Your ability to give and receive feedback will be important to the revision process and ultimately to your grade.

Oral Presentation

Towards the end of the semester, you will be asked to deliver a five-minute oral presentation discussing the rationale behind your Essay #3: Composition in Two Genres.