Assignments for 9/8, 9/9 and 9/10

• Assignment for Saturday, 9/8 (due by 11:59 p.m.):
• Upload the Practice Essay in the eCompanion Dropbox. (Most of you already completed this assignment in class.)
• Assignment for Sunday, 9/9 (due by 11:59 p.m.):
• In the eCompanion Journal, post Ex. 1 (from pp. 14-15 in TSIS). This exercise asks you to use Emily Poe's paragraph as a model and to replace Poe's topic, vegetarianism, with your own topic. Title this post JE2: TSIS Introduction, Ex. 1.
• Assignment for Monday, 9/10 (due by 11:59 p.m.):
• Do Internet research on Amy Tan (to familiarize yourself with this writer).
• Read Amy Tan's essay "Fish Cheeks." Annotate the reading, and write down three discussion points for class.
• In the eCompanion Journal, post an entry titled JE3: On Being Different. For this entry, follow the journal writing prompt ("Suggestions for Writing," #1) at the end of the "Fish Cheeks" reading: "Think of an occasion when, for whatever reason, you were ashamed of being different. How did you react? Did you try to hide your difference in order to fit in, or did you reveal or celebrate your uniqueness?" For this entry, write at least three full paragraphs.
• Note: The type of writing you do here will be narration (telling a story). To enhance your story, consider using descriptive techniques, as Tan does (especially in the third paragraph of "Fish Cheeks"). You might use visual details and dialogue to bring your story to life.