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ESSAY #1 TOPIC - ENGLISH 1302

8 Week Online Class–Fall 2021

Write a well developed comparison/contrast paper utilizing Jhumpa Lahiri’s "The Third and Final Continent" [link: http://www.dequinix.com/a/continent.php ]; and your own personal experience –- length of paper (750-1,000 typed words). To prepare for this essay, review the Preliminary Skeletal Outline for a guideline of what to include in each paragraph. Think about Lahiri’s main character who encounters an entirely new culture when he moves from India to America. He begins to change and adapt to the new American culture, yet he maintains his native heritage and identity. Write an essay in which you analyze the Lahiri story and compare it to an example in your own life. The first two body paragraphs need to focus on the story and you need to provide examples (see the outline sample as a guideline for how to present this information). In the body paragraph based on your own life experience (body paragraph #3), you need to discuss how a culture other than the one you were born into has influenced you and become a part of you. Make a claim about how this has transformed you or limited you. In addition, you may wish to include an additional body paragraph where you focus on this concept from a broader perspective by explaining how this culture affects our society as a whole. This ‘optional’ body paragraph is listed on the outline as Roman numeral V. – you may not need to include this extra paragraph if you have enough information to reach your 750 typed word minimum for the essay (i.e. the essay range is 750-1,000 typed words). You will be using equal evidence from the text and your personal life in your comparison (i.e. half of the paper needs to be based on the extended examples you provide from the text and half should be about your own life experience (see the outline sample for organizational suggestions). This analysis should also be based on your own personal interpretation of the text. Do not use outside sources or information to complete this assignment – the goal of this paper is to analyze the text based on your own original ideas. Plagiarism software will be used to check student papers -- plagiarized papers will receive a grade of “zero”. Per the Essay Writing Guidelines handout, students are required to use one direct quote from the story per body paragraph. We will be participating in a brainstorming exercise in class and you may also incorporate this information in your essay. In your paper you need to utilize direct quotes (evidence) from the story (taken from the online link) to support the assertions you make about the story. You will also need to include at least one example from your own life experience as evidence to support your comparison. Be sure to use MLA Style format and proofread carefully for grammar errors. You need to submit a full rough draft, a peer review, BOTH Tutoring Center “marked” drafts, & final draft for this assignment. You will also be required to post each component in MyWritingLab as directed by the designated deadlines. Please save all work in Microsoft Word format. All work must be typed. If you have any questions about this assignment, feel free to contact me

1)*best method via email to be used for all class correspondence: Canvas email; 2) (backup ‘emergency’ method if Canvas is down) via HCC email [email protected] ;

3) (emergency method) phone 281-794-2079

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Due Dates:

ROUGH DRAFT DUE: 11/7/21 [rough draft needs to be 750-1,000 typed words, MLA format, courier new 12 point font, double-spaced]—upon completion of the rough draft, students will submit their rough drafts to both online tutoring services, but no later than midnight on 11/7/21 to ensure timely feedback

Peer Review Due: 11/11/21 – this assignment will be done with an instructor assigned partner [the first student to post his or her rough draft will be assigned to work with the next student who posts, etc.—Professor Belz will email the peer review assignment with full details to both partners via Canvas email—be sure to check Canvas email often during peer review week]

TUTORING CENTER “MARKED” DRAFTS DUE: 11/14/21 – students will retrieve both tutor marked drafts from HCC Upswing and MyWritingLab and post them in MyWritingLab by midnight on Sunday, 11/14/21

FINAL DRAFT DUE DATE: 11/14/21 --students will spend one week revising their rough draft based on both tutor center marked drafts; then students will post their ‘revised’ final draft in MyWritingLab by midnight on Sunday, 11/14/21