Getting Ready for the Common Assessment Essay

You hand in your Short Project #3 papers ( with Works Cited page).

Thinkwrite: What was the most effective piece of writing you've read so far this quarter? What made it effective?

We talk about the SCC Departmental Assessment Essay. This will be written during class tomorrow. It will be about the reading I hand out today. You may type or hand-write (you need a bluebook if you handwrite). You will have two prompts to choose from. WHEN YOU PASS IT, you get an automatic ONE page added to your page-count in addition to the amount you write for the essay. (It will be scored by an instructor in Lincoln.)

9 AM class: Class is cancelled today. Stop by the classroom OR my office for a copy of the reading. The reading is also found in The Bedford Guide pages 630-632, excerpt from The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner.


Homework:

1. Annotate the excerpt from Bedford -- mark words, comment on meaning, write down your reactions. Tomorrow you can use your annotated copy as you write your essay.

2. TWFTD: a word from The Geography of Bliss excerpt. Your choice.