Put up a vocabulary word.
Daybook quiz on "Permanent Tracings."
Groups discuss Macke, Questions 1, 2 and the first part of 3, all on page 81.
We discuss revision and its three levels: global, structural and sentence-level.
Everyday Writer worksheet.
Analytical reading?
Then you read each other's drafts.
Homework:
1. Read "Observing Wolves," the handout.
2. Complete the Everyday Writer worksheet.
3. In your daybook describe: a) What comments readers had for your draft and
b) What you learned through reading other's drafts.
4. Revise your draft. Use pages 74-75 to help you. Draft #2 -- which should be typed -- is due Wednesday.
5. Two vocabulary words.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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.
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.
Monday, April 4, 2011
The Rhetorical Situation
Vocab words on the board.
Quiz on the reading.
We look at Ch. 1.
Ch. 2: read page 16 and in your daybook explain 1) why writing is valuable and 2) what rhetoric is.
The roots of rhetoric: Greece. Athens. Sparta. Athens now. Sparta now.
Who needs to be good at rhetoric nowadays? What is a rhetorical situation? What does genre mean?
Then you read Wong page 27 and Zoellner page 28 and then get into groups and discuss questions 2,4 and 5 page 30.
Homework:
1. Read in Reid pages 16-26, then 46-49 and 52-53.
2. In your daybook, do Freewriting: Inventory of Your Writing in the blue box on page 19.
3. Then do #2 in the Warming Up -Journal Exercises on page 33. You will bring to class on Weds. examples of FOUR different genres of writing and be prepared to discuss them. You should describe them in your daybook and explain the purpose/audience/context for each. Especially look for examples of ineffective writing.
4. Two vocabulary words.
Quiz on the reading.
We look at Ch. 1.
Ch. 2: read page 16 and in your daybook explain 1) why writing is valuable and 2) what rhetoric is.
The roots of rhetoric: Greece. Athens. Sparta. Athens now. Sparta now.
Who needs to be good at rhetoric nowadays? What is a rhetorical situation? What does genre mean?
Then you read Wong page 27 and Zoellner page 28 and then get into groups and discuss questions 2,4 and 5 page 30.
Homework:
1. Read in Reid pages 16-26, then 46-49 and 52-53.
2. In your daybook, do Freewriting: Inventory of Your Writing in the blue box on page 19.
3. Then do #2 in the Warming Up -Journal Exercises on page 33. You will bring to class on Weds. examples of FOUR different genres of writing and be prepared to discuss them. You should describe them in your daybook and explain the purpose/audience/context for each. Especially look for examples of ineffective writing.
4. Two vocabulary words.
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