We worked with comma splices and the instructor showed ways to correct them. Students wrote samples of the different ways. Then the instructor showed a .ppt about how to use semicolon.
The instructor returned each student's research paper point and we put all three points together and began connecting them through the use of transitions. There were two handouts for this section of the class (list of transitions, connectives). We actually put the transitions in the paper--both within each point--but also from Point 1 to Point 2 and from Point 2 to Point 3. For next week the instructor asked students to bring in their papers with all corrections made and with the transitions highlighted.
Next week we will do the conclusion and the funnel opening.
There was a poetry roundtable where Milton presented Keats' "Ode To a Grecian Urn." We listened to the poetry put to music and we also observed urns that were brought up on the screen. We read the criticism of this poem, too.
The instructor gave the class the final assignment which was the drama assignment. We agreed to seeing the play at 8 p.m. on Apr. 24. We will not have class that morning. but instead meet at Cranford for the play that evening. The instructor will provide information on vouchers, which will allow the students to see the play for $5.
Students should read the links at left: the drama glossary, the two online documents about how to read a play, and the sample paper. The instructor will provide a chronology so students do not have to write the chronology during the play.
