Week 6

Welcome back to class.  Hope you had a good weekend,  Today we'll finish some practice work and get to the essay work I assigned last week, and for which I set aside time today to complete.



Here I have reposted the essay assignment that will be due at the end of class today:

Essay 5:  In 350-500 words you are to explore a hypothetical scenario, that is, one that  never actually existed, in terms of its effects, past, present, and future.  You will find yourself using the subjunctive and conditional verb forms as well as others to express time and effect. You might imagine that you or someone else had been born under or into circumstances other than existed; for example, a different place and/or historical era, a different family, a different body (or species), or that you or another had done something differently.  Describe what childhood was actually like, and what might  have been); what the present might be like (as opposed to what is actually happening); and what you imagine happening in the future.   Title the essay.  Proofread it to make sure you have a clear central idea and adequate support.  Edit your sentences for clarity of expression and grammatical correctness.      You might start in this way:  Had I been born an only child, instead of being born the fifth child  of six, I might have got more attention than I did.  I might have been spoiled!  My parents, particularly my mother, had little time and attention to spare, afterall . . . Or:  If I were given the chance to rewrite some chapter in my life, or to relive some moment now  resigned to the past, what revisions would I make, or what insight would I bring to the moment now?   What lessons are there in wondering, what if . . . ?