ENG 090 April 9

We watched a video of "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Then we wrote stories in class.

REMINDER: The final five-paragraph essay (along with all preliminary work) is due the last class this week.

ENG 090 April 4 and 5

We went over common copyediting marks and then practiced editing with the essay on 12 Angry Men.

ENG 090 April 2 and 3

In class we did peer reviews and instructor reviews of drafts of the five-paragraph essays. The final essays and all preliminary work and drafts will be due on April 11 or 12 depending on what section you're in.

ENG 131 April 2

We went over how the style template works and discussed the parts of a formal report. The rest of the time was used by the groups to work on their formal reports. If you missed class, please contact your group to find out what they did.

ENG 090 March 21 and 22

We reviewed thesis statements for the five-paragraph essays and talked about parallelism. In groups, you wrote an introduction or conclusion to an essay about 12 Angry Men. Then individually, you completed the Five-Paragraph Essay Worksheet. (Click on the ENG 090 Files link to access the handouts.)

Due after Spring Break: First draft of essay

ENG 131 March 19

You finished up and turned in the research projects. (A couple of groups still need to e-mail the electronic copy, though.) I went over your current grades with each of you. Then you spent the balance of the time in groups getting started on your formal report.

There are a lot of sites on the internet that might be useful for your reports. Go to my bookmarks and click on the relevant tag(s).

ENG 090 March 19 and 20

After freewriting and clustering on the topic for your first essay, we discussed thesis statements and looked at some sample essays.