Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to:
Employ pre-writing strategies and write descriptively, using examples, as you reflect on how awareness and boredom affect you.
Serve two practical functions:
It provides practice for using description, reflection, and example in your writing
It provides opportunity to consider the positive role of awareness and boredom in your studies and in your daily life
Task
Essay Prompt: What role have awareness and boredom played in your life thus far, and how might changing your perspective on them be beneficial?
Respond to this prompt by completing the following steps:
1) Carefully consider the ideas on boredom presented in Perri Klass’s article “BoredomLinks to an external site..”
2) Use note-taking, freewriting, and brainstorming in order to identify your perspective and thoughts on this topic.
3) Compose an organized essay of 700-900 words exploring your own experiences with the topic while responding to Klass.
4) Your thesis should clearly state your viewpoint, and the body of the essay and conclusion should clearly explain your examples and reasoning.
5) Cite Klass appropriately in MLA style anywhere you use their ideas in your essay.
6) Format the response paper using MLA style page formattingLinks to an external site.
Please note that this is a personal response essay that should include your own descriptions, examples, and reasoning. It can refer to our course materials this week, but those references should be used sparingly and for a specific reason. This is NOT meant to be a summary of Klass, so assume your audience is already familiar with them.
Criteria for Success
Your work will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
The Response Essay Rubric (below).
On-time submission in Canvas.
Thoughtfulness in answering the given prompt
