Class #6

Final versions of the Observation Paper, with all drafts and comment sheets, were handed in.

We discussed the techniques for writing about memories in Reid.

We looked at an example of this kind of writing, and then groups read and annotated "The Boy's Desire" by R. Rodriguez.

I handed out the assignment sheet for the next paper, and then we discussed Section 24 in the Everyday Writer. Exercises 24.1 was assigned.

Extra practice with subordination and coordination can be found here.

Homework

1. Read in Reid "Lives on the Boundaries" pages 109-116.

2. Fill at least one page of your journal with notes and freewriting, collecting ideas for your Remembering essay.

3. Then create Draft #1 of your Remembering essay to bring to class Tuesday.

4. Journal check Tuesday. Be prepared to turn your journal in to me. PLEASE make sure that your vocabulary words are numbered so I don't have to count them. They are each worth three points (word, context, definition); you should have twelve.

5. Two vocabulary words.

Class # 5

Quiz.

Groups discussed Mowat's observation of wolves.

Everyone did an exercise using Everyday Writer to practice for editing your second draft.

Peer Review of Draft #2.

Homework

1. Edit carefully and create the final version of your observation paper. Remember to bring all drafts and yellow comment sheets to turn in with your final version. The final version must be in MLA format, as seen in the Everyday Writer, typed and double-spaced.

Special warning on editing: fix sentence fragments and run-ons (Sections 34 and 35 in Everyday Writer), watch your verb tenses, check "lie" and "lay," and double check how to punctuate dialogue.

2. In your journal, do #1 and #5 from "Postscript on the Writing Process" on page 89 in Reid (tan box).

3. Read pages 102-108 in Reid.

4. Two vocabulary words.