Weekly Writing Assignment

Each week you will complete a short (300-400 word) writing assignment that will be due on Friday. These assignments will ask you to look at particular passages or themes of the text for Friday’s discussion. Each paper will be graded on a scale of 1-10; 8 represents an average response, 9 a very good response, and 10 an excellent and insightful response.

Look on this page for the assignments for your weekly writing assignment. Assignments will be posted no later than 11:59pm on Wednesday of each week.

January 23, Harris and Chesnutt

January 30, Gilman

February 6, Norris and Dreiser

February 13, Williams and Cummings

February 20, Larsen

March 6, Fitzgerald

March 20, Baldwin

March 27, Plath and Lowell

April 3, Pynchon

April 10, Cheever

April 17, Walker and Morrison

April 24, Alexie and Harjo