Week #7 and #8 Assignments

E Soto Summaries--Pick any three of Soto’s entries and write a one-paragraph summary of each.—Up to 100 points

Due Date: Tuesday, May 30

Use pp. 171-172 Steps to Writing Well as a guideline for writing your three one-paragraph summaries.

You may summarize any of Soto’s writings through p. 158.

Peer editing day for this: Thursday, May 25—25 points

E Revise an Essay--Revise a previous essay—fix it, improve it, rewrite it.

Due Date: Thursday, May 25—Up to 25 points

Use pp. 96-104 of Steps to Writing Well.

Turn in your original graded essay, your new revised copy, and a page of writing that summarizes the changes you made and why you made them. What advice on pp. 96-104 did you use?

EJournal Check #2—Monday through Wednesday, May 22-24. Fifteen more entries—a total of 30.—up to 50 points

EKnut Hamsun Reading

Please read pp. 123-158 of Gary Soto's book The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy by Monday, May 22.