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Hello all,<br><br> While the vast majority of you are undoubtedly lounging around some lovely body of water, clutching a drink with a miniature umbrella in it, some are instead preparing to teach basic writing this summer. For those select few, I come bearing gifts. No, I'm not offering to take your place while you still get the pay. Rather, I'm attaching a number of sample essay prompts based on the Poe collection your class will be using. All follow the basic writing format you've grown to love, but I've varied their scope a bit: the first two are broader questions that could pull in a number of Poe's short stories, two are story specific, and the final one draws from both Poe's work and the Frank Langella (of <i>Frost/Nixon</i> fame) piece in the new edition of <i>Write It: Review</i>.<br> These are simply meant to offer a sample of potential prompts for those anxious about crafting their own. Feel free to borrow, adapt, or discard them as you please. Alternately, if you've taught Poe before in a basic writing class and have a prompt you'd like to share, one that has endured the purgatorial flames of actual classroom use, please feel free to share it on the listservs or send it my way. <br> Either way, have a successful Summer Session, and an even better summer.<br><br> cheers,<br><br>Jim Condon<br>TA Assistant Director, Basic Writing<br>University Writing Program<br><div>
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