Thursday, Oct. 16
The class did the "Staying Consistent with Person" test and we graded them in class.
Next we looked at some of the Division/Analysis papers on the doc cam.
The instructor checked in Langan workbooks toward the end of class.
Next week we will be working on comma rules. We will also figure out a midterm grade.
Do Chapters 13 & 14 in Langan. Chapters 11 & 12 were to have been done this week.
Review the comma rules in Hacker.
Read Aarton, Chapter 10, pages 230-39, Comparison & Contrast. Read McClain's "The Middle-Class Black's Burden." There may be a class exercise with this essay. Do the questions at the end on page 261-62. Have the "Meaning," "Purpose and Audience," and "Method and Structure" done by Tuesday. Have the "Language" section done by Thursday.
Tuesday, October 14:
Students turned in their Langan books for midterm credit.
We wrote the Division Analysis first draft in class. First the instructor explained the purpose of this rhetorical technique. She then showed an outline on the overhead projector.
After the students wrote their first drafts, we looked at drafts on the document camera.
While students were writing, the instructor checked in the Langan chapters and gave this effort a midterm grade. The "A" students voted on whether to allow their colleagues another shot at raising their grade if they completed the rest of the Langan chapters by this Thursday. In both classes, the "A" students voted to give their colleagues another shot, so the instructor will look at Langan again on Thursday. Students need to have everything through Chapter 10 completed, including the blue quizzes at the end.
Next class:
Turn in revised and typed division analysis paper. Document sources in the text. Finish Langan if you have not already done so.
