Working on Summary

You turn in your "Lazy Eyes" paper.

We discuss the Pat Bourne questions.

I hand out the assignment sheet for the next paper.

We look at an example of the kind of writing for the next paper. You read it. Rename a copy of my example paper (found in Moodle) with YOUR last name and save it.


1. Highlight the first and last sentences with red. The first should be a hook. The last is a “clincher.”

2. Italicize the title and author of the article.

3. Highlight all of the summary with yellow.   
 

4. Highlight any evaluation of the writing with green.
 



5. Highlight any response to the article with pale blue. 
 

6. Underline any quotes. These are places that usedthe exact words of the article.

7. Make BOLD any time I used “the writer”  or "the author" or "the article"– any time I used author tags (and would have used a name if there was one on this article).


We discuss how this relates to the yellow assignment sheet. Special attention to what is OBJECTIVE and what is SUBJECTIVE in this assignment.



Homework:

1. Decide which of the readings you want to write about for the next paper (see handout). You MUST choose one for tomorrow.

2. If you did not finish, post your colorized paper to the forum in Moodle.

3. TWFTD: your choice from Pat Bourne OR Kate's example paper.

More About Summaries

First of all, comma rules and conjunctions.

Look at the following sentences and try to decide what the comma rules are:

Coordination--

1. The auditorium was filled with people, but the sea of faces did not intimidate me.
2. I had read the heroine's part, and I had sung a song.

Subordination --

3. They had chosen me for the role even though I was untrained.
4. Although I was untrained, they had chosen me for the role.

Rules?

Now, read the handout and answer the questions in your daybook.

Homework:

1. Finish reading the handout and answer the questions in the back.

2. Have your Solo #2 paper (Summary of "Lazy Eyes") ready to hand in tomorrow.

2. TWFTD: mastectomy in OED.

Summary/ Reaction

If you did the homework, you have read and written about the online article "Lazy Eyes."

I'm handing out an assignment sheet, and you have today's class and tonight to type up a short essay about that article.

This is practice for the in-class essay that will happen at the end of the quarter.

At the end of class, hand in your daybooks.

Homework:

1. Finish typing this essay to hand in tomorrow.

2. TWFTD: none, since I have your daybooks.