Harvard Extension School
Expo E-25; Section 8
(7:35PM-9:35PM)
Instructor: Julie Anne McNary
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Harvard University
Extension School
Fall Semester 2009
Expository Writing E25:
Introduction to Academic Writing
and Critical Reading
Analyzing the Short Story
Section 8;
Monday evenings,
7:45PM-9:45PM
Online WebConference Via Elluminate Software
Website: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k64024
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Your Instructor:
Julie Anne McNary
B.A., Wellesley College, 1994
English Literature
M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1995
Language and Literacy
MA/M.F.A, University of Utah, 1998
British & American Literature and Creative Writing
Cell Phone: (617) 233-7532
– no calls after 10PM –
Voicemail during business hours
jmcnary@post.harvard.edu
Writing Assessment Test
In the next thirty (30) minutes, please write a
letter to your instructor outlining your experience
thus far with formal or academic writing. You
may write about your experiences in school, or at
work, but try to outline your strengths and
weaknesses, the level of instruction you have
received, and how much you enjoy the writing
process.
 Make an attempt to organize your letter into
coherent and clear paragraphs. Try to formulate
an introduction and a conclusion of some kind.

INDIAN CAMP,
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
HOW BIGFOOT STOLE MY
WIFE, RON CARLSON
Writing Exercise 1.1

In the next two weeks, after you have
completed the reading assignments,
please choose aspect of Roman Fever, one
pattern that you notice, either in a
repeated image, narrative move, plot
point, situation, or character’s behavior,
and write a one-page explication of what
you have found so compelling.