HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
DUE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010
Finish watching Spike Lee's documentary film, "4 Little Girls" : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3302971953362876297#
Prepare a response essay to the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963. Discuss your feelings and thoughts about each of the pieces we have worked with:
- "Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls in Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain," New York Times article, by Claude Sitton
- "Birmingham Sunday," a song performed by Joan Baez
- "Ballad of Birmingham," a poem by Dudley Randall
- "4 Little Girls," a documentary film by Spike Lee
Remember:
do not summarize the works
do discuss how the each work affected you
do include a thesis statement
do be sure that your essay title relates to your thesis statement
do connect 20% of your essay to personal experience
do include a minimum of five (5) direct quotes from the literature; however,
do not let direct quotes exceed 20% of the total paper
do check the class blog/website for essay paper guidelines: http://english101wcc02.blogspot.com/2010/01/syllabus-essay-guidelines.html
If you have questions, or would like me to look at your outline and/or first draft to see if you're "on the right track," send me an e-mail at: english101wcc@gmail.com.
DO NOT ATTACH THE OUTLINE AND/OR FIRST DRAFT TO THE E-MAIL. Cut and paste it into the body of the e-mail, or I will not be able to review it.
I am available to review your outline and/or first draft until Monday, February 1, 2010, at noon. After that, I will not be able to give you my feedback.
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