Unit #16
Intro to Expository Writing
In Class
The Descriptive Paper
Discuss Chapter 16 of the textbook
Assignment 16.1
Read the following poem called, "The Sacred" by Stephen Dunn
After the teacher asked if anyone had
a sacred place
and the students fidgeted and shrank
in their chairs, the most serious of them all
said it was his car,
being in it alone, his tape deck playing
things he’d chosen, and others knew the truth
had been spoken
and began speaking about their rooms,
their hiding places, but the car kept coming up,
the car in motion,
music filling it, and sometimes one other person
who understood the bright altar of the dashboard
and how far away
a car could take him from the need
to speak, or to answer, the key
in having a key
and putting it in, and going.
Come up with your "sacred place" and create a thesis/essay map and then an outline
Submit Assignment 16.1 (10 points)
Assignment 16.2
Using your topic from Assignment 16.1, write a description paper. This paper must be at least 500 words.
(2 hours)
Submit Assignment 16.2 (10 points)
