Monday, June 16, 2008

Day 2 (of 20)

Today in class

  • Submit a one-page (about 250 words) summary of the wikipedia article about your school. Refer to Langan 349-350 for guidance. Type. Double-space.
  • Turn in two run-on sentences of your own. Analyze and discuss these sentences in class.
  • Turn in a paragraph (topic of your choice) of 5 to 6 sentences. Two of the "sentences" should be fragments. Analyze and discuss these paragraphs in class. Do an activity to practice writing and practice applying what we have learned about run-ons and fragments.
  • Discuss how to respond to drafts of your peers (handout). Practice responding to one draft in class.
  • Discuss analysis of Wikipedia article about your school (handout).
  • Discuss the four main steps to writing strong papers.
Homework for Tues 6/17

  • Respond to drafts of your classmates. Refer to the handout "Responding to Drafts of Essay 1" for quidance.
  • Write an analysis of the Wikipedia article about your school. Refer to page 2 of the handout "Responding to Drafts of Essay 1" for instructions.

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