Draft #2 Due Kickstarter on Paper

Here's a link of interest about English as a world language: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/04/23/the-worlds-languages-in-7-maps-and-charts/?tid=pm_pop_b

Print ONE copy of your Draft #2.

Get out the purple Writer's Page from Draft #1 to pass around with your draft and the comment sheets. Everyone reads and comments on TWO drafts.

Please look at the back of the Writer's Page, and read from top to bottom through the "Excellent" column.

Today you will be put in groups of three to exchange papers. Make sure that you pass your papers around the circle, so each person does the other two.

Now you are reading closely for details that need work, and ways to help each other earn the "excellent" in each category. You may help each other with spelling and punctuation details, so you can write on the draft as well as filling out the comment sheet.

Prepare your daybook to hand in.

Homework:

1. Prepare your Final Version for Tuesday. On Monday we'll discuss how to cite any pictures you used, and I'll return Solo Paper #1.

Why is English So Hard to Spell?

Why is English so hard to spell?

I hand out a sheet. Read it over and complete anything on it you can.

Here is the link to today's lecture on "Why Is English So Hard to Spell?

This is called a Prezi, an alternative to powerpoints. Fill your handout in as we go. After class I'm hoping you'll open this up and look at the links I skipped over.

Tuck the handout in your daybook for the daybook check (Friday).


Homework:

1. Draft #2 Kickstarter on Paper is due tomorrow, Friday. Have one hard copy and the Writer's Page from Wednesday.

2. TWFTD: punk

3. If the history of English interests you, watch this video, a "lighthearted" history of English in 10 minutes.  Of course, this is a topic that could require a lifetime of study....

Draft #1 Due Kickstarter on Paper

When you have time between or after drafts today, go to Moodle to see the answer keys for yesterday's exercises (in the highlighted section). Please check your work.

Today is about giving feedback. YOU are the audience, so you need to communicate to each other what YOU find effective. Politely.

Note: the purple comment sheets earn YOU points. Be detailed and thoughtful.

ALSO, you may write ON the draft you read with your REACTIONS. This is a rough draft, so DO NOT PROOFREAD or edit -- just provide reactions/ input/ ideas.

Useful comments on a draft:    

What colors? How much? When will I get it? Why...? What does x mean? More info needed here...How does x work? I want THIS reward! Don't you need money for x?

Homework:

1. Use today's feedback and get your paper ready for Friday, when DRAFT 2 is due. Have Draft 2 be as close to perfect as possible, so people can help with editing and proofreading, as well as organization.

2. If you want MY feedback, send me an email (kloden@southeast.edu) with your draft attached.

3. Daybooks are due Friday as well. "Language Use in Kickstarter" is part of your daybook grade.

4. TWFTD: hoax