Welcome to the Course!

Welcome to Dr. Grasso's blog for Comp I, sections 11 and 14: I will post daily assignments, paper assignments, and other links and announcements here, so check often (and bookmark the site). Remember, we're using this instead of Blackboard, so no need to consult Blackboard for these assignments. Remember also to buy the two books for class as soon as you can: Best American Magazine Writing 2016 and The Men Who Stare at Goats. We'll start reading and writing soon!

A little bit about the course: This is a first-semester writing course that strives to accomplish two goals: (a) show the connection between reading and writing, and (b) make writing part of a local or global conversation with other writers. Once you become knowledgeable about a given topic, you can then add to the conversation with your own writing, which extends this discussion into new avenues of thought (or connects to old ones). Writing should never be something done to fill up space or to sound ‘smart’; the goal of writing is to communicate to an audience that shares your concerns, but may have never considered the topic from your point of view. Writing—and publishing your writing—has never been easier or more accessible than it is now. With a potential audience of millions on the internet and elsewhere, the burden is on you to actually have something to say!

E-mail me with any questions at jgrasso@ecok.edu 

[Note: the posts below this one are from a previous semester--they are not future work for the course! ]