My understanding of the prewriting assignment for Week 1 is that it’s an activity to get us familiar with the Sample Student Essay, as well as the criteria that was set for it. For the activity, we were tasked with reading “The Most Handsome Drowned Man”: the short story that the Sample Student Essay was based on. After that, we also read an overview of the story. As for step three, we were linked a multitude of guides to look at. Such guides included a PowerPoint on thesis statements, a PowerPoint on inserting quotations, an illustration and video on formatting, and lastly an MLA citation guide. Once we finished looking at each of those guides, we moved onto reading the directions given for the Sample Student Essay. Finally, we were tasked with reading the Sample Student Essay itself. I believe the purpose of the prewriting assignment is to get us familiarized with the expectations that were set for the Sample Student Essay. In order to fairly and accurately evaluate the essay, it was necessary to read the source material itself, as well as learn how a student could meet said expectations.
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Jakob, thanks for the good post. You have covered all the bases. You are right that you will be unable to proceed to a first draft essay without reviewing these materials.
Hi Jakob, i agree with your statement about the purpose of the prewriting assignment. We can understand better the demands and expectations of how to write a better essay by looking at the students sample essay in activity 10. The student sample essay and the rest of the materials offered in this week’s page will be used as our guidelines for the first essay assignment. These guidelines will also direct us throughout the course as a common base while we improve our writing ability. Thank you for sharing with us your understandings of the prewriting assignment.
Hi Jakob. You’ve captured the purpose of the prewriting assignment. By reading “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” and reviewing the Sample Student Essay, we’re getting a clear sense of what’s expected. The guides on thesis statements, quotations, formatting, and MLA citation are designed to help us understand and meet these expectations effectively. This prewriting process prepares us to evaluate the essay accurately and apply the same standards in our own work which is really good.