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=Amended Syllabus = Fri. 10/26 //Paper 2 Discussion//

Mon. 10/29 **Due: Read //Good Readers and Good Writers// by** **Vladimir** **Nabakov (973)** Wed 10/31 **Due: Read //Notes on Punctuation// by Lewis Thomas (450)** Fri. 11/2 **Due: Read** **//In Search of a Room of One's Own// by** **Virginia** **Woolf (1005)**

Mon. 11/5 //Copy Edit --// **Due: Alternate Narrative - First Draft (3 copies)** Wed. 11/7 //Entering Research --// **Due: Alternate Narrative - FINAL DRAFT** Fri. 11/9 **Due: Read** **//Is Everything Determined?// by Stephen** **Hawking (908)**

=Paper 1 Assignment: Personal Narrative (25%) Length: 4-5 full pages = The personal narrative is an essay written in the first person and contains two parts: the narrative and the reflection. The first part tells the story of a moment in your life that has made you who you are today. The second piece looks at this moment in your life and explains how it changed you. Your reflection should come at the end. Remember our discussions about what makes a great piece of writing. This essay's primary focus is on style and finding the voice of you, the writer.

=Paper 2 Assignment: Alternate Narrative (25%) Length: 3-4 full pages = This paper affords you a new perspective on your first essay. You must choose a person in the narrative other than yourself. You must write a first person narrative telling the events of your chosen moment from their perspective. You must write as if you were that individual. This requires you to get into the person's head and write as if you knew what he or she was thinking. You may have to show what they were doing when not with you. This narrative is almost exactly like the personal narrative, except it borders on fiction. This essay's primary purpose is to engender an appreciation of the scope of writing and produce critical thought on myriad topics.

=Paper 3 Assignment: Research Paper (25%) Length: 4-5 full pages = For this essay you will choose at least three other essays to compare and contrast with your own. You will focus on the three primary elements of a narrative this course identified (Hooks, Style, Reflection). This process will result in an essay that identifies how to write a successful personal narrative. You are showing what makes great writing. Do not forget your thesis and the style you have developed. The primary goal of this essay is to introduce the student to researched writing and demonstrate how the synthesis of ideas produces insight.

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