Hi Everyone,

Remember that we will not do an in-class precis on Thursday but instead you will write your precis and bring it to class on Tuesday (the 17th), when we will read over them together. For those of you who wish to get started early, click here for the assignment (I’ll bring it on Thursday as well).

For Thursday, please:

1) Bring your “They Say/I Say” quotation exercise (that was due today) to class. We’ll be discussing your responses at the beginning of class.

2) Read this essay about  using “I” in academic writing and write a very brief (a couple of sentences) response to this question:
Based on this essay, why should you use “I” in your final essay for this class? OR if you don’t think you should use “I” for this essay, why?
PLEASE make sure to bring the essay to class, as we’ll be discussing it.

3) Write down one new and important piece of information you have found in your research. This means between now and Thursday you must look closely at least one source and write down what is most important about the source to you. I’ll put you into small groups to share what you have found so far. I’ll ask each of you to say, “Hi my name is____, my paper is about___, the most interesting thing I’ve discovered from my research so far is_____.” So be ready to do this on Thursday!

See you then. Please feel free to email me any questions about your essays in the mean time.