Thinking About Writing

We look again at conjunctions:  pages 294-296 in Everyday Writer.  You will do Ex. 30.7.  Then for homework read Section 36 (pages 354-359) and do exercise 36.1 in your daybook.  You will have to copy the sentences out, two times each.  If you wish to type this and tape it in, that would work also.


Then you think about Manning essay "Arm Wrstling with my Father." In your daybook, answer questions 1 and 2 from the "On Meaning" section.

Get in your groups and answer questions 1 and 2 from the "On Writing Strategy" section.  Then make a list together of the separate scenes Manning describes (short description with paragraph number).  Put all this in your daybook.
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Homework:

1.  Work on your Remembering essay.  The second draft is due on Tuesday.

2.  Do Exercise 30.7 page 296 and 36.1 on page 359 in Everyday Writer.

3. Read the handout,  "Beauty" by Alice Walker.

Draft #1 Remembering

You read each other's drafts.

When done, read the handout.  Especially read the note at the very end from the writer about doing the eassy.

Homework:

1.  Finish reading "Arm Wrestling with my Father."

2.  One vocabulary word.  Tomorrow I'll ask each of you to put up an interesting word on the board -- be ready to tell us about it.

Remembering

Helen Keller's writing: you mark it and we discuss it.

Look at this.

Homework:

1. Work on the first draft of your remembering essay, due tomorrow.

2.  One vocabulary word.

Final Version Observation/Description Due

You hand in your Observation/Description papers.

But before you do, please reflect on the process of writing this paper. On the back of the last page in your paper bundle, list the stages of the writing process and comment on each.
Choosing:


Collecting:


Shaping/drafting:


Revising:


Editing:


Publishing:

What was easy, what was difficult, how did you approach it, what could you do differently next time?



We discuss the next assignment: Remembering.


Freewrite: spend some time brainstorming about possible topics that you could write this next paper about.


Here is an example of this kind of writing.


Homework:


1. Read Helen Keller's memory piece.


2. One vocabulary word.

More About Subordination/Coordination

Freewrite on "Beneath My House."  React to this essay.  Is the writing effective?  What worked well?  Did she lose you in any of the sections of the piece?  What was her point? 

Review of coordinationa and subordination. 
Single underline every example of coordination you can find in "Underneath My House."


Everybody works on 24.2 in Everyday Writer.

Homework:

1. The final version of your Observation paper is due.  Remember to bring all your drafts and comment sheets to turn in also.  Be sure you follow the format on page 466 of the Everyday Writer.

2. One vocabulary word.