Practice support · ENGL 1302

Resources

Practice rooms for Composition II. Fall sequence (Essays 1 to 4) and Spring monster sequence (Essays 5 to 8) both live here. Open a studio for Purpose, length, and reading titles. No student-facing Google Drive dumps on this page.

Purpose

Use these rooms to practice the essay you are on. Each studio restates Purpose and lists required or suggested readings in-page.

Fall sequence

Essays 1 to 4

Essay 1Rhetorical Analysis and RemixMultimodal remix + ~1,000 word MLA companion (900–1,100). Essay 2Source Conversation Exhibit4–6 sources + ~1,000 word MLA companion. Essay 3Gothic Literary Criticism1,500 to 2,000 word MLA lit-crit essay. Essay 4Public-Facing Researched ArgumentMultimodal argument + ~1,000 word reflection. Confirm live status with your instructor.

Spring monster sequence

Essays 5 to 8 (Course Text archive)

No Spring 2026 Canvas course was found for word counts. Lengths below come from the Course Text archive where stated.

Essay 5Evaluation EssayCourse Text: 2–3 pages; 750–1,000 words + Works Cited. No Stranger Things. Essay 6Critical AnalysisStranger Things required. Course Text §II; length not fixed in archive Guidelines body. Maximum 1,000 words. Essay 7Argument EssayReal-monster researched argument. Length not fixed in Course Text archive body. Maximum 1,000 words. Essay 8Final Research Essay5–7 sources; MLA 9; not a zine. Length not fixed in Course Text archive body. Maximum 1,000 words.

PracticeToolsCourse-local helpers. Pick your essay inside a helper when asked. LibrarySAC LibrarySearch help and research support. LibraryA–Z databasesScholarly articles and databases.

Required reading

Titles on studio pages

Where readings live

Fall Essays 1 to 4: open each studio’s reading dropdowns (prompt titles, OER / class texts as listed there).
Spring Essay 5: Jackson “The Lottery”; Shelley Frankenstein; Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper”; King “The Boogeyman”; folklore (La Llorona, El Cucuy, Donkey Lady, Chupacabra); King “Why We Crave Horror”; Cohen “Monster Culture”; NPR Code Switch monsters piece.
Spring Essay 6: Stranger Things (required); optional Caruth, Herman, hooks “Homeplace,” Sontag, Cohen; graphic-novel support as assigned.
Spring Essay 7: MK-Ultra / Satanic Panic / fear psychology options; hooks; Foucault “Panopticism”; Carroll; literary / folkloric monsters as named on the studio.
Spring Essay 8: student-chosen set meeting the 5–7 source bar (≥1 scholarly; ≥1 cultural/literary).