EXTRA CREDIT

REGISTER TO VOTE

If you are eligible to vote, please provide a redacted copy of your voter registration card to me by October 13, 2016. Mark through your party identification so that I cannot see it: that's none of my business. Be aware that the last day to register to vote in order to participate in the 2016 elections is October 11, 2016. You can find information on how to register here: PA Voter Registration Online. Students who are not legally able to register, my apologies.

POSSIBLE POINTS: 5 points
DEADLINE: October 13, 2016

WEAR A COSTUME TO CLASS ON HALLOWEEN

On October 31, 2016, students who wear a legitimate costume to class (not a note pinned to clothing or other bogus "conceptual" costumes) will receive 5 points extra credit.  Students in costume will be photographed.  Like all extra credit, this opportunity is optional.

Points Possible: 5 points
Deadline: October 31, 2016

VOTE ON NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Students registered to vote who take a picture of themselves in front of their polling station will receive extra credit. Make sure it's clear in the picture that this is a legitimate polling station. Email the picture to me with the subject line "ENG 101 Voter Extra Credit." Students ineligible to vote need to write a one-page statement on who they would have voted for if they could vote, detailing their reasons for that choice. My view of your choice of candidates is irrelevant to this extra credit: I simply want you to think through your own political priorities.

Points Possible: 5 points
Deadline: November 9, 2016

READ SELECTIONS FROM BROWN GIRL DREAMING AND ATTEND PUBLIC LECTURE BY THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNING AUTHOR, JACQUELINE WOODSON ON NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Attend presentation by poet and National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson, author of Brown Girl Dreaming, from 12:30PM to 2PM. Location TBA. Students who attend will receive 5 points. Students who also read and mark the packet of her poems in the course documents section of Blackboard will receive an additional 5 points. Students who purchase her book and read and mark it will receive ten points.

Points Possible: 5 or 10 points
Deadline: November 10, 2016