We go over grammar.
We discuss plagiarism. See here.
Groups look at "My Friend Michelle."
Peer review for Summary/Response #2.
I collect journals for the second journal check.
Homework:
1. Read pages 280-281 in Reid.
2. Check pages 262-263 for revision ideas.
3. Create Draft #2 of your Summary/Response #2 of an Image.
4. On a sheet of paper that you can add to your journal, answer Question #1 page 294 in Reid (with or without the internet). For the last paper you must choose a topic about which you already know, and then find out more. The paper must include an mix of personal anecdote and information.
5. Finish the grammar handout.
6. Two vocabulary words.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Class #13
You turn in your final version of the Summary/Response #1.
How DO you write a good ending/conclusion?
Grammar editing practice.
We discuss writing techniques for the Summary/Response #2 of an image.
You write a practice Five Paragraph Essay using an old prompt (in your journal).
I will collect your journals for the second journal check on Thursday.
Homework:
1. Read in Reid pages 280-281 and 338-340. We are going on to the NEXT paper in these readings.
2. In your journal take one full page of notes describing the image you have chosen for your paper.
3. Create Draft #1 of your Summary/Response to an Image and bring it to class.
4. In your journal make a note of either a song or story or poem or whatever that you like that has an effective ending. Feel free to post them in the comments section of this blog (use Anonymous but include your name in the post).
4. Two vocabulary words
How DO you write a good ending/conclusion?
Grammar editing practice.
We discuss writing techniques for the Summary/Response #2 of an image.
You write a practice Five Paragraph Essay using an old prompt (in your journal).
I will collect your journals for the second journal check on Thursday.
Homework:
1. Read in Reid pages 280-281 and 338-340. We are going on to the NEXT paper in these readings.
2. In your journal take one full page of notes describing the image you have chosen for your paper.
3. Create Draft #1 of your Summary/Response to an Image and bring it to class.
4. In your journal make a note of either a song or story or poem or whatever that you like that has an effective ending. Feel free to post them in the comments section of this blog (use Anonymous but include your name in the post).
4. Two vocabulary words
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Class #12
We go over grammar exercises.
Then we discuss Summary/Response #2 on an Image. See these examples of possible topics:
The Fall of Icarus
"Amerika"
The Haka
Peer Review of Draft #2 of Summary/Response #1
Homework:
1. Create the final version of your Summary/Response paper. Be sure to edit carefully and have a clear introduction and conclusion. Make sure that you have an appropriate title that is NOT the same as the article you are writing about.
2. Collect some possible images to write about for the next paper. Bring them to class for input.
3. In your journal, answer #1, #2 and #5 from "Postscript on the Writing Process" on page 204 in Reid.
4. Complete the grammar handout.
5. Two vocabulary words.
Then we discuss Summary/Response #2 on an Image. See these examples of possible topics:
The Fall of Icarus
"Amerika"
The Haka
Peer Review of Draft #2 of Summary/Response #1
Homework:
1. Create the final version of your Summary/Response paper. Be sure to edit carefully and have a clear introduction and conclusion. Make sure that you have an appropriate title that is NOT the same as the article you are writing about.
2. Collect some possible images to write about for the next paper. Bring them to class for input.
3. In your journal, answer #1, #2 and #5 from "Postscript on the Writing Process" on page 204 in Reid.
4. Complete the grammar handout.
5. Two vocabulary words.
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