American Literature 245 Preparatory Writing Assignments
Biographical Research Summary Writing Assignment and Presentation
Prep Writing Assignment #1: European Explorers: Verrazanno, Cabeza de Vaca, and John Smith
Prep Writing Assignment #2: William Bradford
Prep Writing Assignment #3: Mary Rowlandson and Cultural Filters
Prep Writing Assignment #4: John Woolman and Quakerism
Prep Writing Assignment #5: Thomas Paine, Deism, and the Age of Reason
Prep Writing Assignment #6: The Native American Tradition
Prep Writing Assignment #7: Poem Paraphrase
Prep Writing Assignment #8: Poe and a definition of Gothic
Prep Writing Assignment #9: Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil
Prep Writing Assignment #10: Longfellow, Whittier, and Holmes
Prep Writing Assignment #11: Stowe
Prep Writing Assignment #12--Course and Instructor Evaluation