Friday:
Using the text, we worked on developing essay topics. We used the listing method and also the idea map method. Several students put their ideas on the board and the instructor helped students see how to develop an interesting essay. An example is the freestyler who is "not so good" at what he does.
Assignment:
Read Ch. 3 through p. 53 and do the following:
a. Do exercises on pages 34-35, 1-5 (4th ed, p. 32, 5th, p. 35)
b. Do Choosing a Topic on p. 35.
c. Thinking your audience, p. 36 (p. 35 in 4th edition, 5th, p. 39)
d. Draw an Idea Wheel (39) or list (42) for your own topic (41-42, 4th ed., 43-44, 5th ed.)
e. Write a “working thesis” and the topic sentences (44) (4th ed., p. 91, 5th ed., p. 94
f. Do exercises on 44-46. 5th, 96. 4th, 93.
g. Write a detailed outline (47).
Wednesday:
Instructor checked in page 1 of "Watcher" and we did peer readings in class.
Student drew a picture of their "watcher" or listed the characteristics of their watcher.
For next class:
Turn in two pages for Watcher assignmetn
Turn in introduction (revised)
Read first half of Ch. 3
Monday
We completed a worksheet on comma splices and fused sentences.
Next students were given a worksheet that would help them critique an essay on "Watchers at the Gate." (Students who do not yet have the book can read this essay online.) They read and provided feedback for students in the instructor's other Writing II class. The exercise also helped students see how others looked at this essay.
To Do for Next Class:
Write one page of a two-page paper on "Watcher at the Gate."
