Essay #1 Due 17 January
Place of living (Genitive singular, prepositional)
- Your name
- Where do you live in Utah (what city, house/apartment/dorm)?
- What floor do you live on?
- Describe rooms in your dwelling, describe each room and the furniture by using adjectives and verbs стоять, лежать и висеть. Also, talk about what furniture is missing in each of the rooms.
- Where do your parents live (what city, describe their dwelling in details)?
- What do you like and/or dislike about your place of living?
- Where are you usually on Fridays and Saturdays (at whose place)?
- Make sure to ask a few questions.
Revise Essay #1 and write about the following:
About your family (genitive plural, dative personal pronouns, accusative)
- What kind of family you have (big/small, how many people)? Name every member. Mention family members you do not have, e.g., I don't have uncles. I don't have brothers.
- Write about their age, professions and place of work, where they were born, where they grew up, and their hobbies.
- What is the age difference between some of your family members?
- What do you like about members of your family?
- Make sure to ask a few questions.
Revise Essay #2 and write about the following:
Shopping and traveling (dative, prepositional, accusative)
- Place where you shop regularly, what is sold there.
- Purchases you make there and why
- Gifts you purchased last year (в прошлом году) and for whom
- Your favorite gift to give and to receive.
- Places you often visited last year (в прошлом году).
- Things that you, your parents, and siblings like and dislike.
- Make sure to ask a few questions.
Essay #4 Due 25 March
Revise Essay #3 and write about the following:
Food and shopping (prepositional, instrumental, accusative)
- Your favorite cuisine (кухня) and your favorite restaurant (name, where it is located, items on the menu).
- What do you usually order at your favorite restaurant?
- What did you cook for breakfast, lunch, and dinner yesterday?
- What did you do to cook these meals?
- What will you eat and drink for breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow?
- What do you usually eat and drink for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?
- What do you usually buy at the grocery store (продуктовый магазин)?
- What did you buy there last time (в последний раз)?
- Make sure to ask a few questions.
Essay #5 Due 14 April
Revise Essay #4 and make sure your final essay has all of the topics including the following:
- Write your own actual/fictitious autobiography (date and place of birth).
- A little bit about your family (date, place of birth, resemblance).
- When, where you went to school.
- When you were accepted to BYU and when you anticipate graduating.
- Where and how often your family moved.
- How long have you been studying Russian?
- How long have you been living in Provo?
- Your life accomplishments.
Your essays will be graded according to the following rubric:
Content /30
Organization /15
Vocabulary /25
Language Use /25
Mechanics /5
Total score: /100