XV – Class XV For the next several lessons, you will be taught how to research several types of sources. You will also be taught how to create citations for a variety of sources, and you will be taught how to create both a bibliography and an annotated bibliography. The topic for the next weeks…

XIV – Class XIV In Literature, What Is Plot? “Plot is the author’s arrangement of incidents in a story. … “Events can be presented in a variety of ways. A chronological arrangement begins with what happens first, then second, and so on until the last incident is related. … “Stories can also begin in the middle of…

XI. Class X  Common Grammar Mistakes Possessive Case of Krebs Krebs is a Noun. Krebs is the last name of a guy named Harold Krebs. The pronoun for Harold Krebs would be he. The possessive case of he is his. [no apostrophe- you do not use apostrophes with pronouns.] The possessive case of Krebs is…

IX. Class IX Today, we’ll continue our discussions of our homes, and we’ll prepare to write a memoir essay. First, I want you to hear the Judds sing a song that is a type of memoir essay about their home. Flies On The Butter (You Can’t Go Home Again) Wynona Judd Old tin roof, leaves…

VII: Class VII Assignment: In Your Own Words, Respond to this Question: In the story “A Rose for Emily,” was Emily fenced in? Write in a Stream of Consciousness. Refer to Sandburg’s poem “A Fence.” What Is Writing in A Stream of Consciousness? Writing is an open-ended time of discovery for me. Some of you…

V. Class V. During the last class. we began looking at ways that roses have been used symbolically and metaphorically in literature.  It’s important to note that at times, a symbol might have negative connotations. For instance, a rose’s thorns may suggest something negative, harmful, or even dangerous. Listen to another song: Thorn Tree in…

ENGL 1023 – English Composition II Credits: 3 Instruction continues (from ENGL 1013Links to an external site.) to emphasize developing students’ writing skills. Students write a minimum of five essays in response to readings in the literary genres of prose fiction, drama, and poetry. Students prepare and write a research paper dealing with a book-length literary…