Presentations
These presentations are based on a lecture series: an introduction to college-level essay writing.
- Subject, Purpose, Audience
- Writing: The First Steps
- Essay Body
- Editing and Revision
- Writing about Literature: A Primer
Videos
These videos are an experiment in using YouTube for teaching purposes. I plan to do more with this in future online courses.
Podcasts
- Subject, Purpose, Audience Review (9/10/07)
Essay Prompts
See your individual syllabus for specific assignments.
- The Belief Essay
- The Hobby Essay
- The Value Essay
- The MSC Essay
- Why Are We at War? Essay
- Human Impacts on the Environment
Blog & Forum Prompts
The following are all potential blog or forum prompts for ENGL 1101. Consult your specific syllabus for actual blog assignments and due dates. Remember, all answers to these prompts must a minimum of 350 words.
- Perception
- Right or Wrong?
- Hijack!
- High Technology
- Whose Values Should Control Society?
- Human Rights v. Majority Rule
- What Makes Life Worthwhile
- The X-Files Effect
- State Law
- Should the Media Be Controlled
- The Alligator River Story
- The Paradox of Labor
- Competition
- Metaphysical Assumptions
- Parental v. Societal Responsibility
- Instrumental Ends
- Guilty as Charged, But?
- Too Much?
- Might Makes Right?
- Kate’s Conundrum
- To Tell or Not to Tell: The Ford Mustang Problem
- Why Are We at War?
- America as Empire? (Mailer Blog 2)
