Monday, July 25, 2011

Day 18

English 75 Summer 2011 Day 18

  1. What do we do about the very long essay?
  2. Rough Drafts—groups of four.  Thick Skin.  Kind Honesty. (106)
  3. Number the paragraphs.
  4. First person—talk through your process with your readers—where are you in the rough draft and what do you need help with?
  5. Read the essay aloud—mark it as you go.
  6. Complete Peer Editing Worksheet—including brief outline on the back.
  7. Discuss as a group—with the author leading the others through the worksheet.
  8. Repeat.
  9. Hand in copy of rough drafts.
  10. We’ll work on works cited and transitions this week.  But if you’re in a hurry:
    1. Book
                                                               i.      The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life
                                                             ii.      Reg Harris and Susan Thompson
                                                            iii.      Harris Communication
                                                           iv.      Napa, California
                                                             v.      Copyright 2005
                                                           vi.      The Call
                                                          vii.      The Threshold (with guardians, helpers and mentor)
                                                        viii.      The Challenges
                                                           ix.      The Abyss
                                                             x.      The Revelation
                                                           xi.      The Atonement
                                                          xii.      The Return (with a Gift).
    1. NOTE: Some students have chosen to give all of the definitions up front-as a separate body paragraph just after the introduction.  Either way, the point is that the reader will not be familiar with the archetype and you’ll have to define each term so we can judge how well you fit the story into the definition.

7 Comments:

Blogger Jessica said...

This comment has been removed by the author.

3:19 PM

 
Blogger Jessica said...

Today in class we gave feedback on our essays. I believe it helped a lot to make an essay stronger.

3:20 PM

 
Blogger Arcelia said...

I like the peer editing that we do in class on our rough drafts because it helps us understand how to correct our essays to make them better.

8:08 PM

 
Blogger Carly said...

I like when we have groups when looking at our essays.I thinks it helps me alot on my paper.

2:05 PM

 
Blogger A Legend said...

My paper was criticized sick wit it!lol but, it helped me out to pin point my errors and fix them for my final essay.

9:57 PM

 
Blogger vchavez said...

This paper caused me headaches. But after seeing my grade, it was well worth it!

5:49 PM

 
Blogger Zsalinas7 said...

I find the peer editing very helpful.

7:37 PM

 

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home