This document provides instructions for journal assignments in an English 293 class. Students will be prompted to respond to exercises in their assigned reading in their notebooks. The responses should fill at least two pages and be dated with the prompt identified. Notes from class can also be included. The notebook will be graded twice during the semester. A schedule is provided that lists the assigned exercises for each week along with due dates for short essays and drafts of a long essay. Students are expected to keep up with the daily journal entries outside of class.

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ENGL 293 Journal Assignments
Explicit instructions for each of these assignments will be given in class the day of, but for the most
part you will be asked to pick one of the “Ways In…” exercises at the end of chapters in Writing
True or “Try It” exercises at the end of chapters in Tell it Slant and respond to it in your class
notebook. Make sure to date your entries and make it clear which prompt you are responding to.
Give full effort and attention to each entry—each should fill at least two pages of your notebook.
In addition to these prompted assignments, feel free to use your notebook as exactly that—a place
for notes. Notes from class, notes from the world, notes toward future writing. Just make it clear
what is what for the purposes of grading.
You are expected to keep up with these daily outside of class. There will be time allowed in class
when you will be asked to share some of your responses with the group, but otherwise I will only
see your notebooks twice (Midterm and Finals). I urge you not to fall behind.
Week 1: The Name Exercise WT p 14-15
Notebook Exercise WT p 30-31
Ethics Exercise WT p 162-63
Week 2: Taking Shape Exercise WT p 53-55
Finding Voice Exercise WT p. 69-70
Object Writing Exercise (given in class)
Week 3: Things That Are Exercise ala Shonagan (given in class)
EXERCISE #1 DUE
Week 4: Writing About Place—In Four Parts WT p. 16
Chapter 3 “Try It” Exercise TIS p. 35-38
EXERCISE #2 DUE
Week 5: Chapter 2 “Try It” Exercise TIS p. 22-24
Another Chapter 2 “Try It” Exercise TIS p. 22-24
EXERCISE #3 DUE
Week 6: Chapter 5 “Try It” Exercise TIS p. 50-52
Chapter 7 “Try It” Exercise TIS p. 68-70
EXERCISE #4 DUE
Week 7: Definition—In Two Parts WT p.17
The Thing and the Other Thing Exercise
SHORT ESSAY #1 DUE

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Week 8: MIDTERM JOURNAL SUBMISSION: NO FORMAL EXERCISES
SHORT ESSAY #2 DUE
Week 9: Twenty Ways Exercise WT p. 71-74
Twenty Ways Exercise #2 WT p. 71-74
SHORT ESSAY #3 DUE
Week 10: The Role of Research Exercise WT p. 147-148
Chapter 11 “Try It” Exercise TIS p. 129-132
LONG ESSAY: FIRST DRAFT DUE
Week 11: Workshopping a Draft Exercise #3 WT p. 92
Week 12: NO FORMAL EXERCISES
Week 13: Workshopping a Draft Exercise #2 WT p. 91-92
Week 14: FALL RECESS: NO FORMAL EXERCISES
But the family Thanksgiving table is a great opportunity for good essay
notes :)
Week 15: REVISION CONFERENCES: NO FORMAL EXERCISES
But this may be a good time to possibly reflect on your time and growth in
ENGL 293
Week 16: The Craft of Revision Exercise WT p. 113
FINAL JOURNAL SUBMISSION
LONG ESSAY: FINAL DRAFT DUE