As promised, here is the grading rubric I will use for Essay 1. Let me know if you have questions.

Here’s the handout for incorporating quotes!  

Read and annotate the following two sample student essays: Eloquent Silences: Inaction as Invitation in Eula Biss’s “No-Man’s-Land” and https://refractmag.com/2016/04/04/the-objectification-of-women/ (this is a different one than what I mentioned in class, but I feel it is a better model) It’s … Continue reading →

Hi all, As promised, below are some of the syllabus questions and answers that seem relevant to the entire class. In addition, I wanted to remind you all of two things: As per the syllabus, 2 latenesses count as 1 … Continue reading →

In “Coming to Terms,” Joseph Harris writes: “In coming to terms with a text by another writer, then, it seems to me that you need to make three moves: ·      Define the project of the writer in your own terms. … Continue reading →