Homework due April 9th

Remember that there is no class on March 26th or April 2nd.
The homewoork for April 9th is:
Do the Verbal Phrase handout
Rough draft of the advertising essay
Rough draft of Paragraph 3 due:
Read "Friends, Good Friends -- Such Good Friends" By Judith Viorst p. 182-
& "Adventures of the Dread Siters" p. 218
Answer the following question in one paragraph , using examples from both articles
Describe the relationship between the "dread sisters". Then analyze their relationship using any one or more types of frienship described by Viorst in her article. (Or if none apply, explain why they don't.)

If you are doing a revision on the first essay or first paragraph it is also due April 9th. (Revisions are allowed for papers receiving less than a B- and paragraphs receiving a 3.5 or less.)

Great Advertising Web site

Here is a link to an online class on advertising history. It has information about advertising and how to analyze ads. Click on links to other resources to see websites with pictures of ads.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/ads/amadv.html

Homework Due 3/19

Bring in the two ads you are planning to compare to class. Read through and try out exercises on the
verbal phrase handout. (Not due; we will discuss in class.) Read the article by Fowles on advertising's fifteen appeals in Texts and Contexts. Paragraph two on "Black Hair" by Gary Soto in Reading Across American Cultures. Do the question one at the end of the article. (Summary of question: First define what he means by "grace" and then describe, using examples from the article, why he does not find it at his job.

Online Source for Writing and Grammar guides

Pudue University has a great online writing Center
See:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/679/01/


There are resources here for writing papers, citing sources and grammar.