Week 3 Homework

You know the drill. This is your homework reminder announcement, as usual. For next week, you've got a few readings to do in They Say / I Say. All of these readings are listed between "Week 3" and "Week 4" on our course schedule. But if you look at the course schedule, you'll notice I've added another essay that I want you to read, which doesn't appear in They Say / I Say.

Well, here it is, the link to that additional essay, "Feeling Failure," by Jaime O'Connor, published online on the web publication Inside Higher Ed (which you might have seen in the materials for National Adjunct Walkout Day):

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/university-venus/feeling-failure.

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Now, there's another assignment that I want you to do, and it has to do with our library visit next week. So don't forget: On Wednesday, 2/4, we'll be meeting in the lobby of the Alexandria campus library, in order to have our library resource presentation. Well, the librarian we'll meet, Anne Anderson, and I both want you to start thinking about your research plans ahead of time.

Notice also that this assignment has to do with our Essay 2, which I've provided to you (earlier than I said I would on the syllabus, just so that we can be prepared for the library presentation) both in hard copy in class and here, on this course site, right below this blog post. Make sure to take a couple of minutes on your own to take another look at the assignment and the rubric attached to it.

Here's a link to the library-related and Essay-2-based homework assignment (I'll also provide a handout in class to help you record your work):

http://libguides.nvcc.edu/eng112pre-barnoy.

All of the assignments above are due by the start of class on Monday, 2/2. These are not huge assignment, so they're not worth a whole lot, but try not to miss this deadline if you can.

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Finally, of course, don't forget that what's due on Wednesday, 2/4, is your second draft for Essay 1. This second draft is due directly to me. This draft is what I'll be reading and grading closely. However, I'd like to have the entire packet of drafts/critique related to this assignment, not just the second draft. The way I'd like you to submit this essay is like this: Your first draft on the bottom, then your partner's critique to you on top of the first draft, then the second draft on top of the critique, and finally a copy of the rubric for this assignment on top. Make sure to staple all of these together and have the packet ready to submit to me before we start our library discussion on Wednesday.

As always, if you have questions, or if you feel stuck, email me and I'll try my best to help.