Monday evening, December 6

Greetings. Below is a copy of the take home exam on The Unwanted, for your reference.
Also, a few more last minute items and reminders...
1. Take home final on The Unwanted due Wednesday in class.
2. For Wednesday, please bring ALL your graded work that I asked you to hold on to during the course of the semester, along with your grade worksheet.
3. Friday is our last day of the course. This is the day you will be giving a brief description of what you "chose" to represent the significance of home for YOU. Re-visit the original prompt posted on this blog if you are unsure of the details and requirements of this assignment. Ask questions SOON if you have any...:)
4. Out of class essays were returned today...that is, if you chose to drop by the classroom and pick it up. If you have NOT revised any of your out of class essays yet, and choose to revise this one, it is due to me no later than Monday of next week, December 13th. I cannot consider your revision UNLESS the original graded one is attached.
5. Since I will not be on campus on the 13th, nor we will be meeting during finals week, if you choose to submit a revision, please do the following...
* email me and let me know that you have placed a revision in my dept. mailbox.
* my dept mailbox is located in Calaveras, in the English Dept, Room 103. Ask a secretary if you cannot locate the mailboxes.


Name___________________________________________English 1A, Section_____

THE UNWANTED 100 points possible
IT IS NOT REQUIRED THAT THIS EXAM BE TYPED.
Please SKIP every other line. Thanks!

1. On separate sheets of lined paper, please respond in essay format to the following prompts:

SELECT A ‘CHARACTER’ FROM THE MEMOIR, THE UNWANTED. IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT CHARACTERISTICS ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THIS PERSON? FOR EVERY ASSERTION YOU MAKE ABOUT THIS PERSON, YOU MUST SUPPORT IT WITH AT LEAST THREE VERY SPECIFIC SUPPORTS FROM THE BOOK. THIS RESPONSE WILL BE EVALUATED ON YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE AN ASSERTION AND SUPPORT IT LOGICALLY AND ARTICULATELY. (50 POINTS)

2. WHICH SCENE IN THE BOOK AFFECTED YOU MOST DEEPLY? EXPLAIN HOW IT AFFECTED YOU AND WHY. (20 POINTS

3. THIS MEMOIR REFLECTS A WEALTH OF VARIOUS THEMES/TOPICS, INCLUDING OUR SEMESTER-LONG THEME OF HOME. SELECT ONE THEME THAT THE MEMOIR SUGGESTS AND OFFER EXAMPLES FROM THE BOOK TO SUPPORT YOUR ASSERTION. (3O POINTS)


EXTRA CREDIT (OPTIONAL)
1. Kien Nguyen suggests several books to readers for further reading; one of these books is by Wallace Stegner. What is the title of this book? (2 points)

2. Nguyen wrote a novel based on his grandfather’s life. What is the name of this novel? (1 point)

Saturday, December 4th

I hope your weekend is going well!
Here is an update for Monday.
There will be no formal class held.
I will be in the classroom during the regular class time, though, so you can come by and pick up your essay 3 and Quiz 5.
On Wednesday, please come to class with your grade worksheets filled out.
Friday is our last class day and also the day we will be featuring oral presentations.

Friday, December 3rd

Hello everyone,

Just a quick reminder...
I have read through your Quiz 5 submissions and I really enjoyed hearing what many of you felt about reading The Unwanted. However, there were numerous unacceptable errors that I spotted. I did not deduct points; however, remember that the paper you write that accompanies your oral presentation next week will not be returned to you. You will earn the 100 points when you conduct your presentation and submit your essay, UNLESS there is an unacceptable error found in the paper. If so, you will receive no credit at all for the oral presentation.

Soooooo....
edit and proofread very carefully.

:-)