Observation

Put a vocabulary word on the board.

We watch this. 

Quiz from Chapter 2.  I redirect our attention to "The Struggle to be an All-American Girl" and her rhetorical gamble.

Get into groups and share and chart your genre examples.

Then, in your daybook explain "Show, don't tell."

We read pages 53-56 together.

We look at the Techniques for writing about observation, page 48 and 49.

Then groups look at Muir's essay on pages 50-51 together.

I hand out the assignment sheet for the first essay.  

Homework:

1.  Read pages 76-81 for an example of a student doing this assignment.

2.  In your daybook create TWO full pages of notes taken while you observe your subject.  These can include sketches and diagrams.

3.  Write the first draft of your Observation essay.  It should be several pages long, and it's up to you whether it is typed or hand-written.

4.  Two vocabulary words.