No Class, Thursday, 21 February.

I will be in my office from 8:00-1:00 on Thursday, so if you have any questions, please do stop by. We will not, however, have class on Thursday; instead, I want you working on the draft of the body of your essay on where you see your life in five years.

In developing the sections of your essay which focus on your civic, personal, professional, and academic life, use the techniques of brainstorming, free-writing, and discussion we covered in class today. I want each of your sections to be detailed, specific, and interesting. In reading them, I want to be able to *fully* understand your vision of yourself in five years. More important, I want you to have a good, clear, concise vision of where you want to be in five years. Later, you'll work on a plan for getting there.

Remember, when you take the notes you develop in brainstorming, free-writing, and discussion and move them into sentences and paragraphs, follow the processes we've covered in class and construct your sentences out of dependent and independent clause groups. Make sure your paragraphs have a good clear topic sentence, and--since I'm stressing the important of specific details--make sure your topic sentences is developed through an abundance of detail which fully describes each aspect of your life.

Next Tuesday, you *have* to bring copies of these drafts with you to class, because the work I'm planning to do is built around improving your draft.

As always, write or call with questions. You can find me at prof.brandon@gmail.com.

Steve