Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Essay 1 - Instructions and Writing Prompts

For Essay 1, you will write a narrative essay that follows one of the below writing prompts. The requirement for this first draft is two full pages. Name the file E1D1 (for Essay 1, Draft 1), and place it in the eCompanion Dropbox for E1D1.  

As with all other essays in our class, Essay 1 must be MLA-formatted, double-spaced and written in Times New Roman, 12-point font. It must also have one of these file extensions: .doc, .docx, .rtf or .odt.

Writing Prompts:
  • In Amy Tan's narrative essay "Fish Cheeks," the writer describes a time when she was ashamed of her culture and ethnicity. Write a narrative essay (modeled after Tan's) about a time when you were ashamed of being different. What was the cause of your shame? Has your perspective changed since that experience?
  • In Sarah Vowell's narrative essay "Shooting Dad," the writer presents her father's views and interests as antithetical to her own. In the end, Vowell realizes that she and her father are more alike than she'd thought. Write a narrative essay (modeled after Vowell's) about your trying/difficult relationship with a friend or family member. How did the two of you eventually find common ground? What did you learn about yourself from this relationship?

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