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E4505 Academic Writing Pool 2 Summer 15

HOMEWORK

For August 5, 2015

  1. Finish the Ch. 1-3 review handouts.
  2. Start to prepare your final paper/presentation, which is due on Monday, August 10th. Final Writing Project

For August 3, 2015

  1. Email me your presentations: lacroixj@bu.edu
  2. Continue developing questions to ask your classmate. Email your questions to your classmate, he/she should answer them for you. Bring to class on Monday.
  3. In book, please do pp. 154-156.

For July 29, 2015

  1. Presentations: Prepare a 3-minute PowerPoint presentation (of about 10 slides) about your favorite hobby. Present in class on Wednesday.
  2. In the book, please do pp. 150-153.

For July 27, 2015

  1. Answer the 10 “understanding the plot” questions for EPICAC.
  2. Write a review of EPICAC (one paragraph) by following the examples on p. 132 in the book. Print and give to Jen in class on Monday.

For July 22, 2015

  1. Adjectives worksheet; describing famous movies/actors.

For July 15, 2015

  1. Ch. 7; pp. 110-112; pp. 115-118
  2. Revise your narrative story. Try to add “themes” from you life or symbols/imagery…things that we’ve discussed in class.

For July 13, 2015

  1. Review all notes.

For July 8, 2015

  1. Rewrite your mid-term assessment based on teacher’s corrections and feedback. Submit both copies (#1 and #2) on Wednesday.
  2. Complete pp. 94-95 and pp. 98-102 in your book.

For July 6, 2015

  1. Complete the HO from class (related to Ch. 5 and the narrative genre).
  2. (Optional): Continue writing literal and figurative descriptions of everyday objects.

For July 2, 2015

  1. No homework!

For June 29, 2015

  1. Finish Apollo 13 (through Ch. 18). There will be a test next Wednesday.
  2. Review Ch. 1-5 in Interactions 1. Focus on the language skills we’ve been using to develop and refine our writing.
  3. Midterm Writing Exam: There will be an in-class writing test on Monday, June 29th at 1:30 in the computer lab. The topic will be assigned at the start of class, so please be punctual. You will have one hour to plan, write, and edit your test.

For June 15, 2015

  1. Do the “pre-writing” tasks for Ch. 3 on pp. 42-43.
  2. Do the Part 2 writing tasks pp. 48-51.
  3. Do the Apollo 13 worksheet to review Ch. 1-6.

For June 10, 2015

1. Write a descriptive paragraph about the painting, Watson and the Shark on p. 22. Follow the directions on p. 33 (#12). Please print your paragraph and bring it to class on Wednesday.
2. Read Ch. 7-9 of Apollo 13

For June 8, 2015

1. Write a 2nd draft of your paragraph about a classmate (be sure to include an interesting title)
2. Read pp. 20-24 in Interactions 1; do the vocabulary chart on p. 23 (#2) and write about Watson and the Shark using new vocabulary (#4).
3. Read Ch. 1-6 of Apollo 13