College Writing: Assignments for Class One: Wednesday, September 8, 2010

1. Post my blog in your favorites. If you can, it would be awesome of you to sign-up for a g-mail account and register with Blogspot...this way you can communicate with me through the comments section.

2. Choose one of the questions posed below. Write me one full page answer. Keep in mind that this is your “coming out party” as a writer for this course. Present your best work. Show me what you are capable of mechanically. Show me how creative you can be! And remember Costal’s Crazy Ceys. Should be typed with specifications reviewed in syllabus. Labeled as Formal Essay #1.

Questions for Formal Essay #1:

A. Explain what you would like people to have learned from you.
B. Write a piece explaining some unrealistic expectations others (or you) have placed on you (or could have placed on you), OR explain how you have done the same to someone else.
C. Write about something you "know to be true," but do not face.
D. Explain the chararteristics you would most want to inherit from your parents, OR explain the characteristics you would least like to inherit from them.
E. In an ideal world, explain what you would most like to devote your life to doing.

3. Complete Learning Inventory sheets as per my instructions.