Collaborative Writing Exercise: Working with Quotations from The House of Mirth

A winner of the James F. Slevin Assignment Sequence Prize, this sequence originates from English 1105, Writing and Sexual Politics—All the Single Ladies. The sequence gives students the opportunity (1) to practice introducing their quotations and integrating them with their argument; (2) to work with each other on their ideas about style and argument organization while working closely together on a piece of writing; and (3) to discuss writing in detail in a group with no one singled out for criticism. 4 page pdf