Course Genres

This course examines such genres as (see below) and require smaller scaffolded assignments, drafts, and peer review, in order for completion

“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something — anything — down on paper. A friend of mine says that the first draft is the down draft — you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft — you fix it up. You try to say what you have to say more accurately. And the third draft is the dental draft, where you check every tooth, to see if it’s loose or cramped or decayed, or even, God help us, healthy.”

– Anne Lammott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Genres Covered in this course:

Literacy Narrative

The Personal Essay

Annotated Bibliography

Expository Essay- assignment-3-expository-essay-spring-20191 (4)

Argumentative Essay- multimodal-argumentative-essay-assignment-spring-19-1-1

Powerpoint

Digital Self Assessment Portfolio