Harvard Extension School Expo E-25; Section 6 (7:30PM-9:30PM) Instructor: Julie Anne McNary 1. Please check your Elluminate Audio Wizard; 2. We will begin at 7:30PM.

Harvard University Extension School Spring 2011 Expository Writing E25: Introduction to Academic Writing and Critical Reading Analyzing the Short Story

Section 6; Monday evenings, 7:30PM-9:30PM Online WebConference Via Elluminate Software

Your Instructor: Julie Anne McNary B.A., Wellesley College, 1994 English Literature M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1995 Language and Literacy MA/M.F.A, University of Utah, 1998 British & American Literature and Creative Writing Cell Phone: (617) – no calls after 10PM – Voic during business hours

Class Schedule House Keeping: – –Harvard Writing Center and Tech resources – –Class Announcement: unless otherwise notified, please do not upload documents until AFTER class on the night they are due. Review Roman Fever Exercise Additional tools – Classical Rhetoric First Graded Assignment – Close Reading

Roman Fever

The Stories for Essay #1  A & P  Teenage Wasteland  How to Talk to a Hunter  Sonny’s Blues  Roman Fever  Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?  The Jilting of Granny Weatherall  The Saboteur  The Yellow Wallpaper  The Girl on the Plane  ***Via iSite  How Far She Went***  By Mary Hood – you must find your own copy, but great story.  The Lottery  The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas  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  Until Gwen  Via iSite  Stupid Girl  ***Via iSite

In Class Writing Exercise In the next twenty minutes, please free write about one of the characters in Ann Tyler’s story, Teenage Wasteland. In the next twenty minutes, please free write about one of the characters in Ann Tyler’s story, Teenage Wasteland. If you choose the mother, what is rhetorically significant about how her point of view is represented by the narrator? If you choose the mother, what is rhetorically significant about how her point of view is represented by the narrator? If you choose another character, try to hone in on two or more elements of his/her character: body language, demeanor, actions, expressions (both verbal and physical, etc. etc. If you choose another character, try to hone in on two or more elements of his/her character: body language, demeanor, actions, expressions (both verbal and physical, etc. etc. Come back prepared to discuss with the class. Come back prepared to discuss with the class.

Exercise 1.2 – Pre-writing Choose one story from our list for Essay #1. Choose carefully, as this is the story you’ll be working upon for several classes. Choose one story from our list for Essay #1. Choose carefully, as this is the story you’ll be working upon for several classes. In the manner depicted in Chapter 13 (ItF) please pre-write and brainstorm on a problem, pattern, or significant question you would like to focus on for Essay #1. In the manner depicted in Chapter 13 (ItF) please pre-write and brainstorm on a problem, pattern, or significant question you would like to focus on for Essay #1. Please write me a 1-2 page description of your findings. Please write me a 1-2 page description of your findings. This is a FREE-WRITING exercise, though, so please, be free! This is a FREE-WRITING exercise, though, so please, be free!

Exercise 1.3 – Intro, Thesis and Outline Building off of Exercise 1.2, please write your introductory (and very brief) summary of your story AND a thesis paragraph in which you aggressively state your claim and outline how you plan to defend it. Building off of Exercise 1.2, please write your introductory (and very brief) summary of your story AND a thesis paragraph in which you aggressively state your claim and outline how you plan to defend it. Construct specific, focused, body paragraph outlines for each of your main points, i.e. topic sentence, evidence, analysis for each. Construct specific, focused, body paragraph outlines for each of your main points, i.e. topic sentence, evidence, analysis for each. Construct a brief description of how you intend to conclude – alluding to the bigger picture, please! Construct a brief description of how you intend to conclude – alluding to the bigger picture, please!