Homework for Tuesday, 9/29, and Wednesday, 9/30

First things first: Those of you who have not acquired a journal must do so by your next class or your section will lose points.

Now, look at the assignment schedule to the right. You will see that you have about ten words to look up in addition to reading the essay and completing the guided writing exercise. Please record the vocabulary words in your journal, but type and print (or neatly hand write) the guided writing exercise. Here are the situation and audience for the guided writing exercise:

The New York Times has asked you to update Lee's article because you are an up-and-coming young writer. So, for an adult audience (say, your parents' age and older) unfamiliar with IM abbreviations, write an essay titled "I Think, Therefore IM." You may find it helpful to adopt a more personal voice than Lee uses in her essay. Still, try to follow the structure and strategies described on p. 21.

Once again, I am interested in seeing you commit a good ninety minutes to the whole assignment. Finishing it in forty-five minutes gives you a good amount of time to improve it; not finishing it in ninety minutes also gives me a good idea of how much you can accomplish within a certain amount of time.