Pick up poetry papers
Pick up research papers
Discuss summary and paraphrase worksheet
Semicolon .ppt
Poetry explication
Class started off with work on the use of the punctuation mark the colon. The instructor explained who Noah Lukeman is and how his book tells how writers can create reactions and emotions through the use of punctuation. Watching the Powerpoint, students followed along with a worksheet. Intermittently, we looked at student work on the overhead document cam. The main problem the instructor noticed is that students were not using enough adjectives and adverbs to make their writing colorful and interesting. After telling the students this, sentences began to be more exciting.
After working on this punctuation mark, we went to the lab where the instructor showed students how to use the poetry explication. As a model for class work, we used Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, "We Real Cool." We read the poem and we also watched a clip of Brooks reading her poem. We then answered the explication questions. Throughout the writing period, students were asked to share their reactions to the questions.
At the conclusion of class, the instructor returned research and poetry papers. She collected the week's assignment of the next point in the research paper and the revision she asked students to do on the poetry paper.
Students who turned this assignment in on time received class participation points for doing so.
The points were also logged in for this week's assignment.
The Summary and Paraphrase worksheet was also picked up.
To Do for Next Week:
Poetry:
Explication the poem of your poet. Bring a printout so the instructor can advise you of the angle you might take on your paper that interprets the poem. Come prepared to commit to a date for your roundtable.
Research paper:
Write your third point of the research paper.
Drama:
Review the drama terms Q-Z.
Readings: be sure you have read all chapters of the Lester book. Next week we will be talking about plagiarism, so be sure you have read Ch. 5 on this topic.
Read Pt. 1 of the drama reading at right, entitled "How Drama Works."
