Course Description

What was English class like in high school?

Wrote research papers on topics such as literature and careers, used multiple sources from books to internet

Wrote essays about literature. These were shorter than research papers, had less detail, used one source.

Wrote journals

Worte autobiographies

Read classical literature (beowulf, Dorian Gray, Shakespeare)

Read contemporary literature (plays, poems, comic books)

Read folktales and fables from other countries

Worked out of vocabulary books

What do we think of as characteristics of "good writing"?

*Details

Readability/accessiblity/clarity

Organization--introduction, body, conclusion

*Sticking to the topic/having a focus or center of the writing/thesis statement

Supportiing the min idea

Keeping reader entertained, interested, at least finishing reading

Surface conventions