"What are Essays?" by Joseph Kelly and "Grill, Chill, and Drill" by Maureen Dowd

First read "What are Essays?" by Joseph Kelly, annotating the passage. Then, read "Grill, Chill, and Drill" by Maureen Dowd. Please post a comment on the blog in which you apply the advice of Kelly in some form to Dowd's essay.

"Message to President Franklin Pierce," p. 823

Kindly post your responses here. Word target: 125-150. Seek to avoid the no-no's.

MLA quotations

Type in your before and after quotations here. See this link for more info and ideas: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/  Check out the formatting quotations page as well.

"Professions for Women," pp. 356-360

Respond to your question in 125-150 words. Avoid the "no-no's." :)

"Letters" by John and Abigail Adams

Answer your question in 125-150 words. Make sure that your answer has a topic sentence. Content matters; so does grammar. NO comma splices!! NO you, stuff, things, a lot! I recommend answering on a Word or Google doc, saving that doc, and then copying and pasting the content.

Holiday reading assignment

As promised, I've shared with you on Moodle the book list and assignment (part 2). Add to that list Auburn University's common read from last summer, Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy by John Bowe. If you would like to go ahead and begin perusing the options, go right ahead. You may check a book out from me, the HHS library, or the Annie Awbrey Public Library. Of course, you may also purchase the book. Register your selection here. No more than two people may read the same book.

"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell

Answer your question in 125-150 words. Make sure that your answer has a topic sentence. Content matters; so does grammar. I recommend answering on a Word or Google doc, saving that doc, and then copying and pasting the content.