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.