I'm excited to continue our study of American literature this semester! We will be reading, discussing, and writing about the literature of American authors including Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. As we do this, we will explore what it means to be an American and how we can find hope - even in challenging, disappointing circumstances.
This blog will be a place where we can voice our opinions in a conversational format outside of the classroom. Most of the time our writing will be just like a blog: we will write freely, without worrying about grammar or mechanics too much. However, other times we will use the blog as a tool for peer evaluation/editing. At these times, we will carefully craft writing, post it, and give each other feedback about how we can strengthen different elements of it.
Your assignment is to write on the blog at least once a week, alternating between posting and commenting on each other's posts. I will explain and post weekly prompts for writing, but if you sometimes feel like writing about something related to readings and discussions other than my prompts, that will usually be great, too (except, for example, when I ask you to post drafts of papers, etc.!)
Our first writing prompt is explained in my next post. Enjoy!
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