ENG 140 Week 1 Assignment

ENG 140 Week 1 Assignment | Indiana Wesleyan University 

Instructions

Requirements:

·         The minimum length for this assignment is 1000 words

·         Use current APA format

·         Write the entire essay in first-person (this is the view-point for personal memoirs)

·         Write the introduction and body paragraphs in past tense (Present tense may be used in the conclusion only)

1.   Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.

2.   Read the excerpt from A Quiet Strength in which Dungy describes his mother (pp. 9-10) and the passage where he describes his father (pp. 11-16). Pay close attention to the strategies Dungy uses to reveal the impact these people had on his life.

3.   Read the student sample essay “No Hurdle Too High," paying attention to the notes that have been recorded in the right margin.

4.   Using the personal memoir template as a guide (you may change the suggested wording if you like), write a personal memoir of at least 1000 words in length in which you describe the subject, identify and illustrate the character traits that caused the subject to have a significant impact on your life, and reflect on how you are different as a result of your relationship with the subject.

5.   The following elements are required:

a.   An introductory paragraph that opens with a quote (either something the subject said often or something he or she said once that had a significant impact on you). Alternately, you could begin with a biblical quote or famous quote from brainyquote.com or a similar website (cite your source!)

b.   Thesis statement as the final sentence of your introduction that gives the reader a single impression of the subject and identifies the significance of the subject.

c.   Physical description of the subject, either in a block of description as the first body paragraph or sprinkled throughout the essay.

d.   A topic sentence at the beginning of each body paragraph that introduces the character trait or lesson that will be illustrated in the paragraph.

e.   A conclusion paragraph in which you summarize the character traits that caused the subject to have a significant impact on your reader and paraphrasings the thesis statement.

f.    Submit the assignment instructions above and your draft to Tutor.com for feedback by day four. (This will ensure that you receive feedback in time to incorporate it, since it takes 24 hours to get feedback.) While not required; this is strongly encouraged.

g.   Revise and edit your memoir based on the feedback you receive from Tutor.com and submit your memoir to the assignment submission folder using the link below by the end of the workshop.

*If you used Tutor.com; please also attach the feedback you received with this submission.

Looking ahead: In 2.2 you will be participating in a peer review of this memoir. For that activity, you will need to upload your memoir into the Discussion for that Workshop. If you would like to go ahead and do that now, here is the link for that Discussion: 2.2 Discussion: Peer Review of Personal Memoir

All students who turn this assignment in on time will have the opportunity to revise their papers based on both instructor and peer feedback in workshop two.