Thursday
We tried to watch a poetry DVD but it didn't work.
The instructor lectured from the poetry reading at the link at right. We explicated a student poem from "The Sheaf."
For next class:
Four more sources on research paper for a total of 10. Add to the Works Cited. See the Lester assignment below, before you begin your search.
Pt 1 on the research paper will be due next Thursday. Two pages.
Poetry: find another two sources for poetry project. Instructor will collect poetry Works Cited at next class, Tuesday.
Lester reading: Ch. 3 has a section where search engines devoted to academic disciplines are listed. For the 3rd edition, it is on p. 40. For example, there is a search engine devoted to philosophy. Read the section for your discipline and try out the search engines.
Writerselp exercise:
The exercises are posted to the main page. The system is set up to email me with who completed the exercises. There are 2 class participation points for each exercise.
At our next class we will do peer readings. In addition, the instructor will have copies of papers she considers in the A-B range. Students will have the opportunity to read these papers, too.
We will discuss wordiniess and concisesness.
Assignments will be checked in for class participation points.
Tuesday:
We corrected the Works Cited and students are to do the corrections recommended by their colleague and bring that version to Thursday's class.
We went over tentative working thesis statements and some students put their statements on the overhead document com. We examined the thesis statements and discussed them. The instructor showed students how to put the tentative working thesis statement in the header as a guide for writing and staying on topic.
The instructor collected semicolon work from students who were absent on the date we covered them.
We checked in poetry criticism for 2 CPP and the thesis statement received 1 CPP.
Students handed in paper their comparing "Do Not Go Gentle" to his other poetry.
We went over the first two paragraphs of a poetry paper written by a student from a previous class the professor taught. The paper showed students how to introduce the genre and describe the poet's place in the genre.
To Do for Next Class:
Research paper:
Continue research on paper. Correct the Annotated Works Cited and add a minimum of one source before Thursday's class. Emphasis for this source is a book. The new source must be highlighted. Bring revised WC to class.
Revise tentative working thesis statement if necessary.
Read Lester Ch. 7, p. 80, "Academic Pattern for the Interpretation of Literature and Other Creative Works." Using this outline, acquire two more sources that will contribute to your paper. Put the sources in the form of an Annotated Works Cited and bring to the next class.
