Rewriting Assignment (All Classes) 2024b

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On this day in Round and Square History 
17 November 2014—China's Lunar Calendar: 2014 11-17
17 November 2013—China's Lunar Calendar: 2013 11-17
17 November 2012—Structure, History, and Culture: Electoral College Politics (k)
17 November 2011—Lectures: Scholarship

[a] Fire Write RF

This special Tuesday-before-Thanksgiving assignment has a number of functions. It is meant to highlight the importance of writing drafts and rewriting as part of the ongoing writing process. It is also a realistic approach to the confusion of Tuesday of Thanksgiving week. Take a look at the assignment and follow the instructions precisely. Please note that this assignment replaces class. It does not involve extra work (you get to choose when you do it, as long as it in by Wednesday afternoon).

 All Classes

Letter Rewriting Assignment

All Beloit College "W" classes have a rewriting component. In this class, we will be using an entire class session to rethink the letter assignment from the fifth week in the term and get it ready to send to your reader. Please read the following instructions carefully.

[1] Make sure you have the following materials. They will be handed out in class on Tuesday, November 19 (about a week before the assignment is due). If you do not have these but wish to send your letter, just send me an email message, and I will get them to you.

          *An index card.

          * A paperclip (seriously)

          *A copy of John McPhee's New Yorker essay, "Draft No 4."

             (these are attached with the paperclip, which you should not lose)

          *Your copy of "Writing, History, and Culture" (my writing guide, which you have)

If you weren't in class, there are extra packets outside my door in Godfrey 106.

[3] When you have time for rewriting, do the following things.

          *Read the writing guide that you already own, pages 36-51, on the complete

            process of writing a truly exceptional paper (as you read, just imagine doing it).

            This should take about thirty minutes.

          *Read John McPhee's essay (about thirty minutes).

          *Think about it; really reflect upon it.

          *Mark up your previous letter draft—really mark it up.

          *Rewrite the letter you wrote for the first assignment of this course.

          *Reread it carefully one more time (on-screen or as a print-out).

          *Print the letter.

[b] Rewrite RF

[4] Take your unstapled, printed letter and make sure that the pages are in order.

[5] Take the index card and write out the full address of your reader. Then put your name on the index card, too.

[6] Put the index card on top of your letter, and attach them with the paperclip.

[7] Bring the paper-clipped materials to Hannah Flores, the MI administrative liason (in MI 219). Once you are in the main area at the top of the stairs (facing the wall, with the copy machine behind you), turn left, and walk all of the way down the hall (past the kitchen and the tables), and keep walking all of the way to the very end of the hallway—the office will be on your right). If you have problems, ask anyone in the building. If no one is in the office, gently slip it under the door.

Due No Later Than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27

[c] リライト RF