October 13, 2009

Hi all:
Today was a really fun day in class. We started by making a list of elements that you will now be responsible for in your writing. They include:

• appropriate heading
• creative title
• punctuating titles (shorter pieces in quotes; book titles in italics)
• central argument
• paragraphing

Next, you all took control of the class discussing by covering sections of Graff and Birkenstein's chapter 4: "Three Ways to Respond." While I did push many groups to clarify their thinking - along with finding specific examples from their own writing, I do think that each group did lead their portion of the discussion. Tomorrow, we will continue on with the groups that have not yet presented.

Comming Soon:
WA 2: Middle Draft = due on Friday. I am thinking about having you submit it electronically and then handing in your WA: Discovery Drafts in person, so I can see where you are moving in your work. What do you all think? Did the electronic submissions work okay?

Wednesday's class
We are going finish the graded group presentations and then get into some issues that I see cropping up in your discovery drafts. I am looking forward to this conversation.


Sherman Alexie's True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - start reading!!!

Take care,
Prof. Keane