English 101 Chapter Two Essay: How Do Monsters Reflect Their Time?
Write an essay in which you respond to one of the following questions, taken from Monsters, Chapter 2:
· Genoways, Reflection and Response # 5, Making Connections #7
· Cohen, Reflection and Response #7, Making Connections #10
· Beow ulf, Making Connections #9
· Vizenor, Making Connections #7 & 8
· Kaplan, Making Connections #11
· Poole, Reflection and Response #6, Making Connections #7 & 8
· Bostrom, Making Connections #8 & 9
· Asimov, Making Connections #8
The final draft of the essay is due by Monday, February 28, 11:59 pm. Be sure to follow the Out-of-Class Essay Guidelines for matters of form and style. Be sure to include a word count at the end of your essay. Remember, you must meet minimum requirements, including word count, sources, and subject matter. No late essays will be accepted.
Submit a thesis statement and topic outline to Canvas by Friday, February 18, 11:59 pm. Please have MLA citation entries for two sources, neither from the textbook. A participation grade will be assigned for this.
The class will be divided into peer editing groups. These will be new groups, but use the instructions as you did for Chapter One on how to get to your group Canvas page. Submit your rough draft to your Canvas work group AND to me by Wednesday, February 23,
11:59 pm.
Submit completed peer editing sheets to your Canvas work group AND to me by Friday, February 25, 11:59 pm.
Minimum Requirements
· 1000 to ~ 1400 words
· A strong essay structure, including Introduction, Concession, rebuttal arguments, Main Body, and Conclusion
· Citations from at least four different sources that originate in print or have print analogues. Two sources at least must be from scholarly works, such as a dissertation, a peer-reviewed journal, or a university press book. These are in addition to any sources taken from our textbook. Of course, you can always have more than the minimum.
· MLA format in presentation and documentation, including correct Works Cited list.
