Monday, February 8, 2010
Description
Post responses to two essays and your description essay. Respond to both student essays.
Narration
The first chapter looks at narration as a rhetorical strategy. Post your answers to two essays here, and your own narrative essay. Post your essay separately from the exercises. For your essay include an initial planning sheet and an outline. Each student respond to another student essay.
The essays can be 250-500 words. Please include three citations: paraphrases and direct quotes. Also include a works cited page. Use at least one outside source per essay.
Each of you has to respond to the other student essays. When you post your draft, include questions you'd like peers to comment on, such as:
"Is my thesis clearly stated?"
"Is my evidence sufficient?"
"Does my introduction grab your attention?"
"Do I conclude the essay well, or do I leave the reader hanging?"
"Do my transitions between ideas more the reader smoothly through the essay, or do you get lost?"
"Do you have any questions or is there anything you'd like to know more about?"
The essays can be 250-500 words. Please include three citations: paraphrases and direct quotes. Also include a works cited page. Use at least one outside source per essay.
Each of you has to respond to the other student essays. When you post your draft, include questions you'd like peers to comment on, such as:
"Is my thesis clearly stated?"
"Is my evidence sufficient?"
"Does my introduction grab your attention?"
"Do I conclude the essay well, or do I leave the reader hanging?"
"Do my transitions between ideas more the reader smoothly through the essay, or do you get lost?"
"Do you have any questions or is there anything you'd like to know more about?"
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Spring 2010
Because I am teaching SPHE for all my English 201 and English 1A course, this means that for students who have had me before, the class is redundant for those students who like me enough to repeat the course.
This blog site is for you. This semester, we will use Writing with a Thesis. The book uses both student and professional writers. At the beginning of each section the editors give students a list of topics to write about. Choose 1 for each section you read. We started with Narration. I am not certain we have to proceed chronologically through the book. I think I'd rather look at topic that augment the Half the Sky discussions.
We can talk about this. Presently, the students who are using WWT are Arley, Lauren, and Sabah.
This blog site is for you. This semester, we will use Writing with a Thesis. The book uses both student and professional writers. At the beginning of each section the editors give students a list of topics to write about. Choose 1 for each section you read. We started with Narration. I am not certain we have to proceed chronologically through the book. I think I'd rather look at topic that augment the Half the Sky discussions.
We can talk about this. Presently, the students who are using WWT are Arley, Lauren, and Sabah.
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