Essay One Instructions

In a 1000-1250 word essay, tell the story of a time you changed your mind about something significant. You are not required to use the same topic you wrote about on day one, but you may. Your essay should contain well-developed and detailed descriptions of the following:

• Your original attitude or way of thinking.
• What happened that changed your mind. In most cases, this will be more than one thing.
• Your new attitude or way of thinking.

Essays will be evaluated by the extent to which they demonstrate an understanding of the following skills that we will be discussing in class:

• Awareness of rhetorical situation.
• Use of specific examples.
• Paragraph focus and development.
• Professional manuscript preparation.

Essays are due on Wednesday September 16 and should be formatted according to MLA guidelines. These guidelines begin on page 429 of your handbook, and a sample MLA paper is on page 436.

Please let me know if you have questions. Have fun and good luck.

Fall 2015 Begins Here

Welcome to English 1510. Readings, assignments, and other course information will be posted here. While you are not responsible for any posts prior to this one, feel free to browse the entries from earlier semesters to get a feel for the activities and assignments I have used in the past.