Former students have requested that students be allowed to select their own topics for essays they compose for class.
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Memo Essay # 1: you decide
Former students have requested that students be allowed to select their own topics for essays they compose for class. I’ve always thought this was a bad idea. Asa writer myself, I find it easier to start writing when responding to a prompt posed by someone else. When allowed to write about any topic I like, I typically get smacked with writer’s block. But that may just be me. So, let’s see how you do as writers when given an open topic: You choose whatever topic you’d like to write about. You have all weekend, so take your time and present your best work. Just follow all these restrictions:
· Single-space the memo essay. Length: 4 Paragraphs.
· Set margins for 1.13” all around
· Paragraphs must run 4-6lines each—that’s lines, not sentences
· Separate memo paragraphs by one single space.
· Do not indent memo paragraphs.
· Do not use any form of the word you.
· Do not use verbs in the command/imperative form.
· Use 12-point Times New Roman font.
· Edit & revise carefully –Proofread!
· Follow all grammar rules as discussed in the Module 1Lesson.
· Include a single-spaced memo heading at the top left of your essay(see below).
· Skip two single spaces after the memo heading; bold and center your essay’s title.
· Do not use all-caps for your title; capitalize appropriately.
· Skip one single space after the title, then begin the first memo paragraph.
· Tap out two spaces after normal colons and sentence-ending periods.
· Follow all memo guidelines as explained in the class syllabus.
· Model your memo format on the attached visual model.
· Begin the name of your HW files with your last name –e.g., Rubin ME1. Submit your HW as a.docx file.
