Writing Skills I, Homework for Week 3

Your homework this week is to read through pages 7-13 of the reader and to get started on your first essay (if you are choosing to submit one this first round). Your essay will be in response to the question posed in the reader on pg. 23 "Can everybody benefit from higher education?" Essays are due on the following dates for each respective class (NO LATE SUBMISSIONS):
Tuesday class: May 9th
Thursday class: May 11th
Friday class: May 12th

Essays must follow these guidelines below, otherwise they will not be accepted:
1. Essays need to be between 400-500 words. Do not exceed 550 words (this is an exercise in editing if you find that you are over this boundary).
2. Essays should be 12-pt font and double spaced. (This is crucial for my remarks and corrections.)
3. Essays must be submitted printed out and submitted in our class. I'm afraid I can't make any exceptions given the sheer numbers of students I have this semester. This means no late or online submissions.
4. I will stop correcting any essay that has not first gone through an English spell check. Make sure that your word processor is on the English USA/UK setting when you are writing or use online spell check websites like this one: https://www.jspell.com/public-spell-checker.html
There is simply no excuse for not running your essay through a standard spelling and grammar check PRIOR to submission.
5. It goes without saying that plagiarizing this assignment is a waste of everyone's time and will result in not being admitted to the exam.When in doubt, ask me about it.
6. Put your name and your class meeting time (e.g. Tuesdays 18-20) on your essay.

Nice article on writing by US author George Saunders (my favorite part on the relationship with the reader is in section 4): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/04/what-writers-really-do-when-they-write