The midterm will be on Monday February 22nd. You will have the entire class time to complete it. You may bring your reader and a dictionary, but no notes or computers. Also bring your own paper. An exam booklet is not necessary.
The midterm will consist of two sections.
Grammar- 10 sentences to repair
- fragments, run-ons, pronoun reference, agreement, shifts
-10 points
In class essay- synthesize at least one of the education essays with one of the voice essays.
-90 points
In order to prepare, look over the grammar exercises and sentences from the beginning of class we have done. For the in class essay, look over your reading responses and keep working on essay 2. Also, look for similar themes in all the essays. Start broad and then try to get more specific. For instance, both the education essays and voice essays deal with how people are empowered or how people are disempowered. Do the essays show similarities about what empowers people? Do they show common obstacles or forces that disempower people? Also, many of the essays show people who have to navigate between different messages about who they should be. Is there some common thread in how people deal with the different influences in their lives and find identity? Are the influences brought together somehow or does a choice have to be made between them? Also, look at how the essays are written, especially the types of evidence they use. Many of the essays use firsthand testimony: either the author's own experience or the experience of other people. How does the use of firsthand testimony help an argument? Or does it hinder an argument in some way? In all cases, look for a general principle that connects the essays (remember, you need only to write on at least two; you don't have to connect them all) and then locate the examples in the essays that demonstrate that principle.
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