Paper 4: Extra Credit

Paper 4 is a long response to one of the essays found in Patterns Plus.

--You should choose an essay from the book Pattern Plus. It doesn't have to be an essay that we read for the class, but it does have to be more than a paragraph in length.

--You will write a 2-3 page response to the essay that you choose. Look at the "Questions About the Reading" and "Questions About the Writer's Strategies" sections at the end of the essay for ideas about what to write. You are free to tell a story that relates to the essay's topic or write about how you relate to the topic. You could also write an essay that analyzes the essay's style.

--Your essay should come with a short statement about why you are writing this extra credit essay. Explain your absences, your acts of plagiarism, or your general concern with your grade (whichever is the reason for you writing the extra credit paper).

--The extra credit paper can do two things:
1. Boost your overall grade.
2. Provide amnesty for plagiarizers.
If you were caught plagiarizing and you do not get amnesty by writing this paper, you have to receive a grade of "Zero" on the entire paper in which you cheated. (So if you cheated on Part 2 of Paper 1, all three parts of paper 1 will be scored "zero".)

I've already given one student an alternate assignment. If others want an alternate assignment, please ask. The paper is due at the last day of class.