Lesson 3: Responding to Text

Lesson 3: Responding to Text
Examination Number: 050414

Preparation for Examination 3
Responding To Text
1. Read Pages 21-25 in Chapter 2, “Reading and Writing about Text,” as well as the related study guide discussions and self-checks.
2. Skim the following essays and thenm based on your personal interest in and connection to the content, choose one to read actively.
“His Marriage and Hers: Childhood Roots,” by Daniel Goleman (pages404-409)
“Dude, Do You Know What You Just Said?” by Mike Crissey (pages 494-496)
“Too Immature for the Death Penalty,” by Paul Raeburn (pages 516-520)
“Hitting the ‘Granite Wall,” by Gary M. Stern (pages 545-549)
3. Review the characteristics for the pattern of development that your chosen essay exemplified. For example, “Too Immature for the Death Penalty” is in the chapter discussing casual analysis, so you would review characteristics for a cause- and effect essay, which start on page 510.
Examination

Whichever method you use in submitting your exam answers to the school, you must use the number above.
Objectives
For the essay topic you chose, write a response essay of 600 to 800 words in which you analyze the content and evaluate the pattern of development used.
Topic
Link the essay to your own experiences in some key way.
Purpose
The purpose is to inform the reader the effectiveness of the essay's pattern of development and about your personal connection to the content.
Audience
Your English composition instructor is your audience.
Process
1. Using the reading and response strategies outline in Chapter 2, actively read your chosen essay several times. Remember to gather information related to the pattern of development and to an area of personal interest.
2. Narrow your focus appropriately for the assigned length and topic.

3. Apply the prewriting, drafting, revising and editing strategies covered in your textbook to develop your response essay.

4. Before composing your final draft, revise and edit further according to the essay evaluation information given in the Appendix of your study unit.
5. Submit the final draft of the essay to the school by mail or by electronic submission in the required format. See Course Procedures.
Caution: This writing assignment requires evidence only from your experience and from the essay, not using evidence from outside sources. See the plagiarism policy, which will apply to any writer using information irresponsible.
Note: Begin working on your next exam but don't submit the final draft until you receive the evaluation for this essay. Remember your goal is to improve as a writer over the course of each assignment.