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WHAT: The book: Eats, Shoots, and Leaves (by Lynne Truss)
DUE: Saturday, June 23 (either email or hardcopy) (for up to 60 points)
or: July 5 (for up to 50 points)
or: July 14 (for up to 40 points)
or: July 21 (for up to 25 points)
VALUE: Up to 50 points
LENGTH: 700-800 words (3-4 pages)
Writing is critical, and good writing includes punctuation. This class
stresses writing in the papers, and writing will be a component in the
grading. The Truss book is funny, informative, and helpful.
(order from amazon.com and share)
Read this.
Then:
1) Summarize what the book is about
2) What five (5) points did you learn from it?
3) Briefly explain at least 5 common errors that you make in your writing
that this book will help you with?
4) Edit this paper carefully - if it doesn't show that you learned from
Pandas, you'll lose lots of points
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