Week #4 and #5 Assignments

EComplete Essay #1 by Friday April 28 at the end of the computer lab

EComplete Steps to Writing Well--Reading and Discussion #5 by Monday, May 1, 2006

!Boxed Journal Entry is required no later than Monday, May 1, 2006

Note: This assignment will help make Essay #1 even better.

1. Please read Chapter 5--Drafting and Revising: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, pp. 89-113 of our text Steps to Writing Well. 

2. While reading the chapter, pay particular attention to the revision process and the suggestions the chapter offers.

3. Finally, by Monday, May 1, please complete the following in a boxed journal entry:

ü Write a brief definition (a few sentences will do) in your own words of what revision is.

ü Write another short paragraph in which you share what advice from this chapter you plan to incorporate into your own writing and revision process.

EPlease complete the assignment Quoting From Sources—Helpful Hints and Examples—continued

!Boxed Journal Entry required no later than Thursday, May 4, 2006

EKnut Hamsun

Please read pp. 63-86 of Gary Soto's book The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy by Thursday, May 4, 2006. Pop quiz likely!

EJournal Check #1, April 28-May 2