Draft #1 Due

You read ONE draft by your peer, then you read a paper from another class of mine.

We go over yesterday's exercises.

Homework:

1.  Do pages 101 to 112 in Brushup.

2.  Read Ch. 10 in Double Take. There will be a quiz.

3.  Draft 2 of your paper is due in a week.

Prepare Your Draft

We watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGab38pKscw&feature=related.

Think about this prompt:  Do you have any possession that you could NEVER imagine throwing away?  What is it, and why?  If not, why not?

We go over Brushup.

You do the exercises in Moodle.

Homework:

Draft #1 due tomorrow, typed.

On Materialism

We go over Brushup.

You write some sentences for each other.

Then you watch this video. Write about it in your  daybook.

I give you the prompt for the next paper.

Homework:

Brushup, and read the article a couple more times, thinking about what you can write about.

Next Paper Topic

We correct homework.

We read "On Dumpster Diving" page 586 in Pattern.

You annotate your copy. You have Brushup homework.

Summary/Response Paper Due

In your daybook, explain what happened in the pages you read for homework.

Turn in your papers after one last check.

You start Brushup Ch. 3, Subject/Verb Agreement

Homework:

You re-do some of the diagnostic, and we see how you do. Get them ALL right!



No class tomorrow. In one week we'll explore your final paper.  Your grammar final happens on 12/5, Wednesday.

Revising

You copy down errors from your descriptive papers.

We check your homework on commas.You do a handout on commas and turn it in.

You open your papers in Moodle and work on corrections.

You hightlight your thesis in red.

Make summary blue.

Make response grey.

Make every author tag or where you cite the source yellow.


Homework:

1.  Finish reading Ch. 9.

2.  You get your papers ready to hand in on Monday.

Draft 2 Summary/Response

We go over homework.

You read each other's drafts.  Upload them into Moodle (I hope).

Homework:

1. Finish all the tests for commas in Brushup.

2. Finish reading whatever I don't read of Ch. 9 in Double Take.

Commas and....

We go over the run-on handout from yesterday.

Chapter Nine.

Commas and Brushup pages 95, 96. Drowning?

Homework:

1.  Do the next 2 tests we don't get to over commas.

2.  Revise your draft, due tomorrow.

Draft 1 of Summary/Response

Go to this link. Record your choices and corrections on the handout.

Read each other's drafts. Draft 2 will be due on Wednesday.

Do the handout.

Homework:

1.  Do pages 91-94 in Brushup, about Commas.

2.  Make your paper better; Draft 2 is due Wednesday.

About Double Take

1. Make a list in your daybook of all the chapters we have read so far:

Chapter 1 _________

What happened?



Big Ideas the events bring to mind:


Chapter 2 _________

What happened:



Big Ideas:


After you do this for all the chapters, pick one to write about. You will summarize what happened in the chapter, for a reader who has never read the book.  Then you will respond to the chapter. 

What do you HAVE to do when you write about something that was written by someone else?

2. Go to this link. Record your choices and corrections on the handout.

Homework:

1. Write and type your first draft for Monday.

Turn In Descriptive Paper

Turn in your papers.

We watch Kevin ski. We read the next chapter in Double Take.

I hand out the assignment for the next long paper.

In your daybook, make a list of the chapters we've read in Double Take so far.  Under each chapter, list the major events that occurred, and the themes that came up for discussion.

We MUST check Brushup.... And do the back of yesterday's handout.

Homework:

1.  Decide which chapter you are going to write about. Try to choose one that you have personal experience to connect with Kevin's themes.

2.  Do 81-84 in Brushup.

Draft 2 Again!

Read 2 drafts and fill out comment sheets.

We check Brushup.

You do some grammar practice.

Homework:

Final version of your paper due tomorrow.

Do Brushup pages 79-80.

Draft 2 Description

Fragments practice. Go to ChompChomp.

Review of compound/complex sentences.

You read each other's Draft 2 and fill out comment sheets.

You do some Brushup, pages 75-77.

More with Drafts

You read two more drafts today (one from class and one from Pattern page 159).

You upload your draft to TurnItIn.

We do pages 71-74 together. Practice with fragments.

Hand in your daybooks for grading.

Homework:

1.  Work on your paper, make changes and improvements, and bring Draft 2, typed, to class on Monday.

2.  Do pages 75-78 in Brushup.