March 19: In 50 Essays, read and annotate Henry David Thoreau's "Where I Have Lived, and What I Have Lived For." Respond to questions 2 and 4 at the end of the essay; write a paragraph for each. In responding to question 4, write it as though you want it published--use humor, indignation, sarcasm, provide telling details, refer to personal experience, and the like.
March 21: In 50 Essays, read and annotate Joan Didion, "On Morality." Respond to questions 2 and 4 at the end of the essay; write a paragraph for each. Be careful with question 4--when a question is posed in a straightforward, even uninteresting, way, the challenge is to find interesting ways to respond to the question. Since question 4 asks for an argumentative response, try to make it an interesting argumentative response.
March 23: In 50 Essays, read and annotate E. B. White, "Once More to the Lake." Respond to questions 2 and 4 at the end of the essay; write a paragraph for each. For question 2, select three, not five, descriptive moments.
