*See also, “How to Write a Summary”

“Seven Variants of Cinderella” (WR 623-645):
Charles Perrault, “Cinderella” (a slightly different translation than in our text)
Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, “Ashputtle” (a slightly edited version) or  here (Word document)
Tuan Ch'êng-shih, “A Chinese 'Cinderella'”
“The Maiden, the Frog, and the Chief's Son (An African 'Cinderella')” (.pdf, pages 13–16, but displays sideways!)
“Oochigeaskw—The Rough-Faced Girl (A Native American 'Cinderella')”
Grant, Campbell, adapter. “Walt Disney's 'Cinderella'” (Word document)
Sexton, Anne. “Cinderella”

“The Rise of Perrault's 'Cinderella'” (WR 645-650)

*See also,   Cox, Marian Roalfe. Cinderella: 345 Variants.
   Datlow, Ellen. “Red as Blood: Fairy Tales and Horror.” Datlow and Windling 15-20.
   D'Aulnoy, Marie Catherine Baronne. “Finette Cendron.” 
   Rafferty, Terrence. “The Better to Entertain You With, My Dear.” New York Times 25 March 2012.
   Windling, Terri. “White as Snow: Fairy Tales and Fantasy.” Datlow and Windling 1-14.
   Yolen, Jane. “Knives.”

*See also,  How to Incorporate Sources (MS Word document)
  Practice incorporating sources into your work

“Repair Sentence Fragments” and “Repair Run-On Sentence” (Rules 148-156,156-164)
Online exercises: Sentence Fragments; Comma Splices and Fused Sentences (HW)
Note: do not attempt these online exercises until we have discussed the assignment in class!

*See also, Revision and Editing Checklist,
a picture of Barack Obama's HCR speech, here,
and a 239-word sentence that is not a run-on sentence, here.

*See also, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s “Harrison Bergeron”
 Abraham Lincoln's “Annual Message to Congress: Concluding Remarks” (Dec. 1, 1862)
 Opposing Viewpoints at Nassau Community College Library (login required).

*See also,  Broder, John. “The Electric Car, Unplugged.” New York Times 25 March 2012.
  Zeller, Tom, Jr. “Poking Holes in a Green Image.” New York Times 12 April 2011: B1, B6
      (as “Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems.”)
  Special Section: Energy in the New York Times on 31 March 2011:
      includes “Can We Do Without the Mideast?” by Clifford Krauss,
    “Trading Pumps for Plugs: We Aren’t There Yet” by Tom Zeller, Jr.,
    “Building Better Batteries for Electric Cars” by Jim Witkin,
      and several other useful articles.
   Special Section: Energy in the New York Times on 26 October 2011:
      includes “New Technologies Redraw the World’s Energy Picture” by Clifford Krauss,
    “On the Front Lines of the Power Grid” by Matthew Wald,
    “Future of Solar and Wind Power May Hinge on Federal Aid” by Kate Galbraith,
      and several other useful articles.

“Prefer Active Verbs,” “Make Subjects and Verbs Agree,” and
“Choose Appropriate Verb Forms...” (Rules 80-83, 164-175, 203-222)
Online exercises: Subject-Verb Agreement (HW)

“Make Pronouns and Antecedents Agree,” “Make Pronoun References Clear,”
“Distinguish between Pronouns,” and “Distinguish between who and whom” (Rules 175-97);
Online exercises: Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View (HW)

Essay 2 Due

Essay 1 Second Revisions Due

“G.M. at 100: Is Its Future Electric?” (WR 326-331);
“Why the Gasoline Engine Isn't Going Away Any Time Soon” (and “The Road Ahead”) (WR 331-338)

*See also,  Tierney, John. “When Energy Efficiency Sullies the Environment.” New York Times 8 March 2011: D1-D4.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/science/08tier.html

 “Tighten Wordy Sentences,” “Choose Appropriate Language,” and “Find the Exact Words”  (Rules 123-145);
In-Class Exercise: Diction (be sure to read the relevant passage here)
Online exercises: Word Choice, Words Commonly Confused, and Sexist Language (HW)

*See also,  Shea, Ammon. “Vocabulary Size.” New York Times Magazine 14 March 2010: 14.
                     http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/magazine/14FOB-onlanguage-t.html?ref=magazine.

“The State of Our Unions” (WR 390-403)
Note: This is the 2010 version, containing more recent information than the version in your textbook.
(The 2007 version is here.)

“Balance Parallel Ideas,”  “Add Needed Words,” and “Untangle Mixed Constructions”  (Rules 84-96);
Online exercises: Parallelism (HW)

*See also,  on marriage: Coontz, “The M.R.S. and the Ph.D. (Marriage Suits Educated Women).” New York Times 12 Feb. 2012 
  on families: Ehrenreich, “Are Families Dangerous? (as ‘Oh, Those Family Values’)”
  for parellelism:  “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr.