Wednesday, September 19th

Section 4 hard at work.

Agenda: 

The first of hour was spent writing a reflection about the process they took to create their final draft modeled after the questions written on the board. This exercise is help students be better evaluators of their work and to associate excellence with a habit of excellence through out their process as well as point out the direct effect of their process on the quality of their end product.

Students were also asked to identify a paragraph to half page of their best work to read out loud to the class as a celebration of the writing process and affirm that their work does have an audience. The All Mighty Clap was introduce as well.



Homework: 

1. Finish reading and annotating Hair by Malcolm X. Be sure to include your pre-reading notes to get full credit and put your name on the documents as well.

2. Continue reading your IRB1. Your IRB1 should be completely read by September 28th. Note the writing style of the author and after choosing a topic, be able to talk about how the author has developed the topic to point towards a certain perspective of it.

3. Upload your memoir ecopy to turnitin.com using the class ID and password posted in a previous post specific to your class section no later than 11:59 p.m.