MxCC English 101 Home Page

The Writer and the Writing Process

The following links are useful to students taking Rory Donaldson's English 101 (Composition) at Middlesex Community College. Questions and comments should be emailed to Rory Donaldson: roryd@brainsarefun.com.

WHAT IS THIS COURSE ALL ABOUT?

• SYLLABUS: ENGLISH 101, COMPOSITION (includes important dates)
• GRADING
• WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

MAJOR WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

• ESSAY #1 GUIDELINES: WRITER AND THE WRITING PROCESS
• ESSAY #2 GUIDELINES: HOMEWORK
• ESSAY #3 GUIDELINES: THIS I BELIEVE
• ESSAY #4 GUIDELINES: MIDTERM (not posted)
• ESSAY #5 GUIDELINES: RESUME & COVER LETTER (Letter of Introduction)
• ESSAY #6 GUIDELINES: RESEARCH PAPER

FEEDBACK ON MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS

• FEEDBACK ON ESSAY #1, "Becoming a Better Writer"
• FEEDBACK ON ESSAY #2, "Homework, A Cruel Hoax"
• FEEDBACK ON ESSAY #3, "This I Believe"
• FEEDBACK ON MIDTERM, "Happiness"
• FEEDBACK ON ESSAY #5, "Resume"
• FEEDBACK ON ESSAY #6, "Research Paper" (to be posted)

TOOLS

Become familiar with the MxCC online library. It is very good. Log on and see what's there. It can be accessed from both on and off campus. www.mxcc.commnet.edu/library/index.htm

• A LITERATURE OF HOPE
• ACCELERATED LEARNING, STUDY SKILLS, PROBLEM SOLVING: Five, Five, Fives
• GOAL SETTING
• RESUME COVER LETTER (Letter of Introduction)
• RESUME (My Resume as an Example)
• RESUME (Your Resume)
• RESUME FOR EMAIL
• THE IMPORTANCE OF WRITING IT DOWN
• USEFUL LINKS
• WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING?
• WRITER AND THE WRITING PROCESS