course documents
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syllabus and other general INFORMAtion
Course Syllabus - the course syllabus can be found under the “Syllabus” tab of your Canvas page for English 100B.
Marginalia Guide - explanations of the various marks / comments I make on student papers
MLA Format Guide - page layout guide and example for MLA
Essay Scoring Guide (English 100B) - this is the rubric I use in English 100B
Essay #1 documents
Example Student Essays: The following are examples of students essays from previous semesters that received high scores on this assignment. None of these essays are perfect, but they all do an excellent job of applying class concepts to produce very strong high-level writing. (note: the example essays are not properly formatted and do not include source documentation, to save time and space).
Essay #1 student example essay #1
Essay #1 student example essay #2
Essay #1 student example essay #3
Essay #1 student example essay #4 - new!
Essay #1 student example essay #5 - new!
Essay #1 Paragraph Development Examples
Essay #1 Intro and Conclusion Guide
Essay #2 documents
essay #3 documents
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