Friday, Oct. 7, 2011
We had a brainstorming session to help other students with their topics.
Students handed in Point 1. In the future, students should turn in an updated annotated works cited with each point.
Write Point 2, which is due Fri., Oct. 14.
The poetry roundtables will begin on Oct. 19, so come to class prepared to commit to a date.
A draft of one of the poetry papers will be due next Wed., Oct. 12. It will be for the poet's background and place in the genre. The instructor will provide a more detailed assignment sheet for this paper.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
We had a brainstorming session to help other students with their topics.
Students handed in Point 1. In the future, students should turn in an updated annotated works cited with each point.
To Do for Next Class:
Write Point 2, which is due Fri., Oct. 14.
The poetry roundtables will begin on Oct. 19, so come to class prepared to commit to a date.
A draft of one of the poetry papers will be due next Wed., Oct. 12. It will be for the poet's background and place in the genre. The instructor will provide a more detailed assignment sheet for this paper.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
We worked on how to determine what our points for the research paper are. The paper will be written in stages: point 1, 2, and 3
In showing students how to determine what our points are, she said to look at the thesis statement and ask the question: "What do I need to know to buy into the author's thesis?"
Make a list of these points. Ask other people, too, by showing them the thesis and having them tell you what they would need to know. Please note that this technique only works if the thesis statement is fairly specific.
What would work:
The human brain has passed through evolutionary stages which have changed the way humans think as exhibited in writing and other forms of communication such as drawing.
What would not work:
Humans in the process of evolution have passed from different periods that are unique because of their characteristics.
To Do for Next Class:
Write Point 1, which will be due on Friday
Added 3:36 Monday: Please note that you can go into this document and add your thesis statement. You may also adjust your thesis statement if necessary.
Monday, Oct. 3
We went over the links for the poetry assignment and the instructor explained the purpose of the literary criticism in the assignment. She showed students how to get the "cruxes" out of both literary criticism and poetry. We used examples from students' literary criticism: pilfer, sestina, and others were words that needed clarification.
We went through each link (on right, links section), so students knew what to do with each link. For example, on the explication link, the instructor explained to put the questions in a Word document and answer each question in a different color of type. The exemplification is used as the basis for one of the papers.
To Do for Next Class:
Continue to research, looking for literary criticism within the poetry movement, school, etc., for a specific poem by an poet one finds of interest. Soon we will put the specific poet and poem on the chart.
Regarding research paper, we are writing point 1 this week. It will be due next Monday.