As I mentioned in a previous post, I am now working on my
final assignment for the English Composition course…the Persuasive Writing
essay. This essay doubles as my final
exam for English Composition, so I definitely have to get this one right.
I’ve been working on the reading assignments for this lesson
for the past week. This lesson is a bit
more reading intensive than the previous essay assignments. I haven’t done this much reading since the
beginning of the course.
All of the text books are utilized in this lesson, including
“Write to Learn”, “Hodge’s Harbrace Handbook” and several essays in “The
Familiar Essay”. The whole first week
has been spent just reading in preparation for writing this essay.
I hope to be done writing the essay this week, and then I
turn it in for a grade. It hasn’t quite
been a week since I submitted my Reflective Writing essay. I’m not sure if I have to wait to receive my
grade in the Reflective Writing essay before I take my final exams or not, but I’ll
have to start studying immediately after I turn in the Persuasive Writing
essay. I had hoped to study for finals
and write my final essay at the same time, but between work and things I have
going on at home, I just don’t think I’ll have the time to do it.
The Persuasive Writing essay consists of developing a thesis
statement…an opinion which can have opposing viewpoints, and then writing a 900
to 1,500 word essay to support your claims or ideas. I’m actually pretty good at arguing
(according to my wife), so this should be an easier assignment for me than the
previous essays. At least, that is my
hope.
I’m still deciding between continuing with Penn Foster
College or transferring to another school to just wrap up my bachelor degree
sooner rather than later. I am actually
leaning toward continuing with Penn Foster
College, even though it will take
me longer to get my BA. There are some
courses coming up in the next three semesters that I would really like to
take. I guess it all depend on how well
I do with my final exams.