ASSIGNMENT 1: For this discussion post, respond to the following prompts after reading “The Maker’s Eye” by Donald M. Murray. In this essay Murray recognizes the need to produce a first draft, no matter how messy, in order to move to the real job of writing. For him, as for almost all practicing writers, writing is revising.

Murray states that many writers consider the first draft “the zero draft-” what do you think he means by this statement?

What does Murray see as the connection between reading and writing? How does reading help the writer? What should writers be looking for in their reading?

Suggested length: 200 – 250 words

ASSIGNMENNT 2: After reading Writing Matters, Chpt 1 The Writer’s Responsibilities and and reviewing the RMU policy on Academic Integrity, respond to the following journal prompt:

Within its presentation of a writer’s responsibilities to topic, other writers, and self, WM chpt.1 includes a section on academic integrity and plagiarism. Often students (and others) think of academic dishonesty as an individual issue (i.e. cheating on a test, plagiarism on a paper), but the issue is in reality broad, and involves more than the individual.
Write a journal entry in which you:

• discuss the “hidden risks” of academic dishonesty (i.e. cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, etc.). Suggestions for inclusion:
• • risks to the individual
  • risks to the institution
  • risks to stake-holders like other students, teachers, employers, administrators
  • others? Overall risks to society?

Be sure you have addressed the prompt, that you are specific, and that your entry says something worthwhile. Journal entries are informal writing, but as with all class writing, editing counts. Be sure to proofread your entry.

ASSIGNMENT 3: Attached Files:

• Paper 2 Guidelines 2021(2) (9) (8).docx (17.174 KB)

Before beginning this assignment:

• review the Essay #2 assignment, linked here
• (Essay #2 will be due in Week 11)
• apply the first steps of the writing process to select an essay/ article
• submit your selected essay/ article title, along with a brief discussion of why you chose it, for approval by writing a topic proposal paragraph
  • Remember that in Essay #2 you will write directly about the article/ essay as your topic – you will not write directly about the topic or issue in the article/ essay
  • For example, if you choose “Reading to Write” as your essay, Stephen King’s topic is the relationship between reading and writing. Your topic will be the effectiveness of King’s essay – you will support your thesis by summarizing and analyzing King’s essay.
• include a brief description of the process by which you chose the essay/ article
• include a brief rationale of why you are interested in the essay/ article
• request topic approval from the instructor
• Proofread / edit your paragraph

Your paragraph should well-developed, organized, and edited.

The instructor will respond to your proposal, so watch for feedback after you submit your paragraph.

To submit, click on the assignment link above, then click on Write Submission to open the assignment box, or browse and attach a Word.doc(x) or compatible file.

Length – 250-300 wds