Housekeeping Items:
- My feedback on your drafts is in all-caps. I apologize if it feels like I'm yelling at you.
- If your draft was not complete at the time I assessed it, you can complete it by midnight on Wednesday for credit; be sure to e-mail me. (After that, it's a final draft, for which you will receive a separate grade).
- Friday is the deadline for the final draft. It must be printed. If you are absent Friday, your final draft should still be in your Google folder, and you will bring a printed copy on Monday.
1. Warming up with ye ole Puritan words: Can you replace two of your words with Puritan lingo?
2. Offering you a top-secret packet; success guaranteed!
3. Trading essays and peer editing for grammar and style
Round 1: Grammar Police
- Check for comma/punctuation issues with a read aloud.
- Check for capitalization errors.
- Check for misspelled words that autocorrect won't fix (such as "affect" vs. "effect").
- Check for run-on sentences and sentence fragments.
- Anything else?
Round 2: Word Choice Cowboys (click HERE for slides and scroll to Slide 27)
4. Playing around with sentence variety using SAS Writer Reviser (also linked to my website)
- Log in (with Google account)
- Launch Resource
- Create Essay (copy and paste)
HW:
1. Continue working on your drafts. You will walk into class next Friday, Sep 16 with a hard copy of your final draft in your hands, and we also discuss publication options at this time. Please continue showing up for your conferences. Click HERE for a sneak peak of the Thursday night checklist.
2. If you have a copy of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, start bringing it on Tuesday.
3. New: Find a journal that suits your personality. Leather-bound classic? Sketchbook? Graphing paper notebook? Start bringing it to class on Thursday. Sep 15.
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