Lecture 7: Reaction and Response Essay

Position Paper

Due: by 2:00 pm today

Length: 5-8 Well Formed Paragraphs (2-3 pages)

Submission: via e-mail to jess AT jesslaccetti.co.uk OR laccettij AT macewan.ca (remember to change AT to  @ and remove the extra spaces)

Style: Formal (No Personal Pronoun)

Audience: Academic

Additional: Remember to use MLA style for references, include page numbers and your name on each page (top right header)

Refer to your Graphic Organisers, Notes, Text books, Dictionaries

Be ready with a topic and source(s) for your position paper - worth 20% - (newspaper report, journal article – must be at least two pages)

OR

Choose to write on “The Ticking Time Bomb” (247), “The Decline of Public Language” (367) or “Any Colour as Long as It’s Shakespeare” (361)


Homework:

• We will be meeting in the library lab. for our research session
• The SearchPath (online) tutorial is due at the end of class. Although you will have time after the research session to complete the SearchPath tutorial, I suggest making a start before then. Remember, to access the SearchPath tutorial log in to English 108 via Blackboard.