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Week 2 of conferences are about to start and you should be on your way to completing your expository essay. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the groups scheduled for this week. Remember to post your conference document to Turnitin before coming to my office.
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Conference #1
Here’s a revised instruction page for the upcoming writing conferences. Before getting started with your conference document, make sure that are in a writing group of three or four individuals and that one person in the group has made an appointment for the group. Conferences will run for two weeks. We will not be meeting in class during that time.
Here’s what you will need to have for the conference:
Answer the following questions in a Word document and upload the document to Turnitin. (You will see a link in Turnitin for Conference #1. Submit the document at least three hours before your meeting. Make it presentable; take your time revising and editing your responses as this will also be part of your grade for the conference.)
- Describe the kind of writing you have done in your writer’s notebook so far. (1-2 paragraphs)
- Look at the syllabus and reflect on how the kind of writing you have been doing has helped you meet the goals of the class. (1 paragraph)
- What is your average writing time per week and is this sufficient for you to improve or strengthen your writing skills? (1 paragraph)
- Describe one thing that has stuck with your from the first reading? (1 paragraph)
- Describe one thing that you did not understand or was difficult to understand from the second reading? (1 paragraph)
- Be prepared to point to at least two examples of entries that have been the most interesting to write about or that have been most helpful in revealing your ideas.
- What question or questions are you exploring for your at home essay? Keep in mind that this first essay is an expository text that explains an idea, belief or attitude. (1 paragraph)
- Provide a rough outline of the essay where you create a map of sorts for where you think you are headed with the paper.
- Include the first three paragraphs of your expository essay. Don’t stress over this. Remember that this is a draft that your are trying out. Underline your thesis.
- What kinds of sources are you going to need in order to develop your essay? (1 paragraph)
- Describe your experience with the timed writing assignment. What did you learn regarding your impromptu writing skills?
Finally, keep in mind that this will be your first grade of the semester and as I mentioned in our first class, failure to provide satisfactory evidence of your will will mean a drop from the class. Document your effort and come prepared!
mercedes001 asked:
Hi professor I am in your hybrid ENC 1102 class on tuesdays and Thursdays, I didn't make it to class on Tuesday and I spoke to one of my group members who was there. She told us that she had to join another group for that day. Now I'm confused as to what I am to do about the conference,do I make an appointment solely for myself or do I find another group?
Thanks for asking! No. Make sure to contact your fellow classmates and join a group. The conferences are a group experience and meant to encourage collaboration and learning. You may want to post to Google+ and make an appeal if you don’t have telephone numbers.
Library Instruction 1.26.12
If you are a little late and don’t catch us by the library lobby, go to Room 2253.
If you are in my Thursday classes (1/26), meet me by the second floor entrance of the library. Be on time. Bring your notebooks and your question for your expository essay. The reference librarians will be available to help you fine tune your approach in the library databases.
Summarizing and Paraphrasing: Face to Face Classes
Please review the following links:
Practice
The following text comes from Dr. Gellis’ online article, “Playing Twenty Questions with Literature.” Read the original text and then the summary and paraphrase. In your notebooks, point out the differences in the three.
Original Text
“It is important, by the way, to keep the political aspect of literature in mind. Nothing is more political than literature, even when it does not overtly makes an argument about a particular political issue, because so much of literature is concerned with power and morality, about what is true, good, and possible, about what is just and beautiful, about who has power and who should have power in society and in the family, and how that power should be employed, and for what ends. It is hard to find a work of literature that does not ask us to join with or join against certain characters (or the narrator); in doing this, a work of literature becomes an argument for (or against) a particular political, ethical, social, and/or moral agenda.”
Summary
Literature is political. It focuses on ethical questions that explore choices and the power to enact or resist those choices. It often invites us to view the world around us from a particular vantage point depending on our relationship and reaction to the characters and storyline of the literary piece.
Paraphrase
When approaching literature, we can’t forget that it is the ultimate expression of the political because literature inevitably concerns itself with issues of power and ethics. Literature asks essential questions such as, what has merit, what is beautiful, who controls the self, who should rule the community. Most literature asks us to engage the text by taking sides with certain characters, in essence making the literary text a persuasive piece in favor or against a specific view of the world.
Activity
In your groups, find a section from Gillis’ article that you think may be useful in expanding your interpretation of Lost. Collectively write a summary and a paraphrase. Follow the directions below:
- I’d like for you to carry out the process of writing the summary and paraphrase in Google+. The easiest way to do so, is for one person in the group to create a circle with each of the group members. Include me in your circle as well so I can see your work. Post to this circle to your heart’s content. The process should be messy but you should have your summary and paraphrase done by the time we meet next class.
- Answer the following in your notebooks: How does this activity relate to the previous reading, “Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat”?
