Assignments for Week of May 4th

This week you have a couple of items on your to-do list for English 2150:

1. Analytical Research Paper As you know, I have extended the due date for this assignment until Wednesday, May 6th.  When you upload your essay to turnitin.com, you should see an assignment that is labelled “Analytical Research Paper – Revision Assignment.” This is where you will be uploading your final version of your paper.  Let me know if you encounter any difficulties with this.
2. Dear Reader Letter  Compose a “Dear Reader” letter to accompany your analytical research paper.  Please take 30 minutes to write a letter reflecting on the experience of writing your analytical research paper.  These letters can be emailed to me as attachments ([email protected]) and are due no later than Friday, May 8th.  You may want to address the following questions:

— What question was I hoping to answer in this paper?

–Where does my personal interest in this topic come from?

–Which parts of this process went most smoothly for me? Why?

–Which parts of this process were a struggle for me? Why?

–What’s the most important thing I learned about my topic?

–What’s the most important thing I learned about myself while writing this paper?

–What am I most proud of about this paper?

–What do I wish I had been able to do better? What would I do differently next time?

–What else would I like my reader to know?

3. Creative Re-Mix.   As you know, you are moving directly from the Analytical Research Paper into your Creative Re-Mix.  The Creative Re-Mix is an opportunity to extend your coronavirus-related research in a different, more personal direction.  Your work can take almost any form provided that it is related in some way to your subject (even if the connection is not super-direct!), it reflects creative work on your part, and it can be shared with the class on our blog and/or on our Zoom call.  Please post a description of what you are planning to do for the Creative Re-Mix to our class blog no later than Wednesday, May 6th.  Do this even if you and I have already discussed your plans in conferences.