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Extra-Credit and Make-Up Assignments

If you miss class on a day we do in-class writing, you can make up the missed assignment by writing a review of a poetry or fiction reading, play, or lecture or event related in some way to multicultural America. If you miss no in-class assignments, you may write such a review for extra-credit points. During the semester I will announce these events as I hear of them. If you know of others, please tell the rest of us.

The first step is to attend such a reading, play, or lecture. Compose a brief summary of the event; describe what happened with details. Then give us your thoughtful opinion of the event: Was any particular part of the event moving, brilliant, or clever? What was it like to be there? What was important or significant about the event? The review should be about one (typed, double-spaced) page or so. Please hand in your review no later than 10 days after the event.

This assignment is worth five points: 5 is for one of the best reviews I ever read (I rarely award this score); 4 is for a detailed, specific, insightful review; 3 is the score I will award most often; 2 is for reviews that are pretty vague; and 1 is the score you will earn if I'm not sure you even attended the event. You may hand in as many as three reviews. You may turn in a review anytime before May 13.

For potential events for review, check out the English Department's Visiting Speakers and Writers Schedule as well as The Cultural Studies Conference--Sex and the Body Politic--schedule.

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