Friday, April 4, 2014

Class Agenda 4.4

1. Quiz
2. Annoucements
collect essays

3. Reflection on your writing process: letter to the professor. Answer the following questions in a brief letter to the professor. 1. Overall, are you confident that your essay meets the expectations of the assignment? Why or why? 2. What was the most difficult part of the assignment for you? How did you overcome it? 3. Based on your experience with the first essay, what would you do differently next time? 4. What writing skills or techniques do you think we need to work on most as a class going forward? 5. How this assignment change your thinking on climate change?

4. Discussing the reading: groupwork. Together with a team of classmates, explore two different aspects of the reading: 1) locate and define a "keyword" you'd use in future writing, and give at least two examples about where and how you could use it; 2) Find a passages in the reading that your team considers "important" or "necessary" for others to read. Locate, summarize the passage and explain why it matters to the rest of the class.

5. In-class writing: Return to your notebooks. Write a reflection that answers the following question: How does a passage from the reading connect with what you've learned or read in class so far? Link the reading to other passages, texts, or ideas from class discussion.

6. Essay assignment two: click here

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