1. Harvard Extension School Expo E-25; Section 12 (5:30PM-7:30PM) Instructor: Julie Anne McNary Please check your Elluminate Audio Wizard We will begin at 5:30PM.

2. Online WebConference Via Elluminate Software Website: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k64023 Elluminate Room: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2007009&password=M.3163A85F45E3980D9A1F3875B7EED6 http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k64023 Expository Writing E25: Introduction to Academic Writing and Critical Reading Analyzing the Short Story

3. Overview  FINAL Draft – due Wednesday night at Midnight, or Friday at Midnight, your choice – Last issues.  Essay #2 – Comparison and Contrast Essay  Introduction to the Assignment  In-class writing assignment clustering  Assignment of Exercises 2.1 and 2.2 (due Friday night, October 30): 2.1 Brainstorming and 2.2 Outline  Early Release so you can go work yourselves to the bone…or whatever.

4. Our Book and Chapters ISBN #0-321-47583-6 ISBN #0-321-47583-6 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

5. Technical Issues Proof-reading on two levels YOUR OWN INVESTMENT MLA documentation: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s1.html Questions about your Final Draft

6. Overview of Essay #2 Websharing of Harvard’s Comparison and Contrast paper Websharing of Harvard’s Comparison and Contrast paper

7. 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

8. Graphic #1 Story 1Story 2

9. Graphic #2 Story 1 Story 2

10. In Class Exercise 2.01 Twenty-five minutes… Twenty-five minutes… First please consider one of the topic areas of study we have concentrated on in our text book: plot, character, setting, theme, point of view, etc. First please consider one of the topic areas of study we have concentrated on in our text book: plot, character, setting, theme, point of view, etc. Then, choose two stories that you feel are uniquely compelling examples of an author’s use of the above. Then, choose two stories that you feel are uniquely compelling examples of an author’s use of the above. Examples: Examples: –Fear in The Things They Carried and Greasy Lake or Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? –Setting in Roman Fever and The Storm; –Body Language in Teenage Wasteland and A&P –The use of the second person point of view in How to Talk to a Hunter and Until Gwen –Music in Sonny’s Blues and Where are You Going, Where Have You Been? Prepare a list of three compelling examples of your topic from Story #1 and three from Story #2. Prepare a list of three compelling examples of your topic from Story #1 and three from Story #2. Answer the following questions: How do these examples relate to one another? How are they similar? how are they different? Does one author’s use of setting shed light on another’s? And if so how? Answer the following questions: How do these examples relate to one another? How are they similar? how are they different? Does one author’s use of setting shed light on another’s? And if so how?

11. Exercise 2.1 – Brainstorming, 10/30 Expand on your in-class exercise, or choose another one… Expand on your in-class exercise, or choose another one… Include a list of several examples to compare and contrast – COLLECT YOUR DATA FIRST – ANALYZE THAT DATA, AND THEN CONSIDER YOUR ARGUMENT. Include a list of several examples to compare and contrast – COLLECT YOUR DATA FIRST – ANALYZE THAT DATA, AND THEN CONSIDER YOUR ARGUMENT. Consider if your examples are leading you toward a traditional comparison and contrast paper, or a keyhole (dominant lens) paper Consider if your examples are leading you toward a traditional comparison and contrast paper, or a keyhole (dominant lens) paper Construct a loose introductory paragraph and thesis statement. Construct a loose introductory paragraph and thesis statement.

12. Exercise 2.2 – Outline, 10/30 In the manner in which you constructed Exercise 1.3, write a detailed outline of your Essay #2 In the manner in which you constructed Exercise 1.3, write a detailed outline of your Essay #2 Construct an introductory paragraph(s) in which you outline the source stories, and state your thesis Construct an introductory paragraph(s) in which you outline the source stories, and state your thesis Outline each body paragraph in the manner we have laboriously discussed: topic sentence that states an analytical claim, evidence from the text, analysis thereof, transition to the next paragraph; Outline each body paragraph in the manner we have laboriously discussed: topic sentence that states an analytical claim, evidence from the text, analysis thereof, transition to the next paragraph; YOU MAY FOLLOW text by text format, or point by point – see How to Write a Comparative Analysis document on our website. YOU MAY FOLLOW text by text format, or point by point – see How to Write a Comparative Analysis document on our website. Construct a loose conclusion in which you open new vistas of analysis Construct a loose conclusion in which you open new vistas of analysis