Harvard Extension School Expo E-25; Section 8 (7:45PM-9:45PM) Instructor: Julie Anne McNary Please check your Elluminate Audio Wizard YOU WILL NEED YOUR INTRO TO FICTION TEXTBOOK FOR THIS SESSION!! We will begin at 7:45PM.

Online WebConference Via Elluminate Software Website: Elluminate Room: Expository Writing E25: Introduction to Academic Writing and Critical Reading Analyzing the Short Story

Overview  Grading Essay #1  Upcoming schedule  In class writing exercise  Moving from your outline to your First Draft of Essay #2

Our Book and Chapters ISBN # ISBN # Chapters we’ve read so far: Chapters we’ve read so far: –1: Reading a Story –2. Point of View –3. Character –4. Setting –5. Tone and Style –6. Theme –13. Writing about A Story –7. Symbol –8. Evaluating a Story –Re-assigned section in Writing about a Story,

The Stories for Essay #2  A & P  Teenage Wasteland  How to Talk to a Hunter  Sonny’s Blues  Roman Fever  The Girl on the Plane  Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?  The Jilting of Granny Weatherall  Until Gwen (new)***  Hills like White Elephants  The Lottery  Miss Brill  Cathedral  Rich Brother  The Storm  To Build A Fire  The Greasy Lake  A Pair of Tickets  Lost in the Funhouse  The Things They Carried  Winter Dreams  Everything That Rises Must Converge (new)  Bigfoot Stole My Wife

Harvard Grading System Grades reflect the quality and quantity of a student's work submitted throughout the term according to the grading standards listed below. Undergraduate- and graduate-credit students may earn the following grades: Grades reflect the quality and quantity of a student's work submitted throughout the term according to the grading standards listed below. Undergraduate- and graduate-credit students may earn the following grades:

A and A- grades represent work whose superior quality indicates a full mastery of the subject and, in the case of A, work of extraordinary distinction. There is no grade of A+. A and A- grades represent work whose superior quality indicates a full mastery of the subject and, in the case of A, work of extraordinary distinction. There is no grade of A+. B+, B, and B- grades represent work of good to very good quality throughout the term; however, it does not merit special distinction. B+, B, and B- grades represent work of good to very good quality throughout the term; however, it does not merit special distinction. C+, C, and C- grades designate an average command of the course material. C+, C, and C- grades designate an average command of the course material. D+, D, and D- grades indicate work that shows a deficiency in knowledge of the material. D+, D, and D- grades indicate work that shows a deficiency in knowledge of the material. E is a failing grade representing work that deserves no credit. An E may also be assigned to students who do not submit required work in courses from which they have not officially withdrawn by the deadline. E is a failing grade representing work that deserves no credit. An E may also be assigned to students who do not submit required work in courses from which they have not officially withdrawn by the deadline.

Section 12 – Essay 1 – Grading Results A = 2 A = 2 B+ / B = 1 B+ / B = 1 B / B- = 2 B / B- = 2 B - = 2 B - = 2 B - / C+ = 4 B - / C+ = 4 Not yet graded: 2 Not yet graded: 2 Sample: 13 students, one incomplete paper – one student may drop the class. Sample: 13 students, one incomplete paper – one student may drop the class.

Section 8 – Essay 1 – Grading Results A = 2 A = 2 A / A- = 1 A / A- = 1 A-/ B+ 2 A-/ B+ 2 B+ = 2 B+ = 2 B = 1 B = 1 B / B- = 1 B / B- = 1 B - = 1 B - = 1 C = 1 C = 1 C- / D+ 1 C- / D+ 1 Not yet graded: 3 Not yet graded: 3 Sample: 14 Sample: 14

Why not to worry Essay #1 represents only 20% of your grade Essay #1 represents only 20% of your grade I will definitely take into consideration the improvement from paper to paper. I will definitely take into consideration the improvement from paper to paper. Many Essay #1 papers were riddled with the kinds of careless errors that we simply don’t need to repeat. Many Essay #1 papers were riddled with the kinds of careless errors that we simply don’t need to repeat. I am considering a radical change for Essay #3 – and will have a class vote thereupon. I am considering a radical change for Essay #3 – and will have a class vote thereupon.

Upcoming Schedule First Draft of Essay #2 due on Monday, November 9, and Wednesday, November 11, depending on your comfort-level First Draft of Essay #2 due on Monday, November 9, and Wednesday, November 11, depending on your comfort-level Conferences scheduled with JAMc that week Conferences scheduled with JAMc that week Final Draft of Essay #2 – Due Monday night, Midnight, November 16. Final Draft of Essay #2 – Due Monday night, Midnight, November 16. Monday, November 16, Essay #3 assigned – class vote thereupon. Schedule to be determined. Monday, November 16, Essay #3 assigned – class vote thereupon. Schedule to be determined. November 23 – no class – instructor conflict. November 23 – no class – instructor conflict.

In Class Exercise on your Outline Thirty minutes… Thirty minutes… Take out your Exercise 2.2 – Outline Take out your Exercise 2.2 – Outline Pull out one section and craft a fully-formed body paragraph from that section. Pull out one section and craft a fully-formed body paragraph from that section. Highlight the Topic Sentence in Yellow, the evidence from the text in another color, and your analysis in a third color. Highlight the Topic Sentence in Yellow, the evidence from the text in another color, and your analysis in a third color. Come back and be prepared to but your examples on the white board. Come back and be prepared to but your examples on the white board.