September 28

Today's class was devoted to workshopping your best response essay. This gave you a chance to practice what you have been reading in Ryan and Zimmerelli, and to get some support for where ever you were in your writing process.

In our discussion to set up for the coaching sessions, we mapped out a general approach for sessions based on what R&Z wrote.

• Introduce yourself - get comfortable
  
  
• Find out where the writer is in the writing process + what the writer wants to work on
  
  
• Develop some discussion about what the writer wants to work. This talk can allow the writer to re-think his/her issues, if necessary. This discussion might include - talking about the assignment sheet, (checking out whether the writing meets the audience, purpose, & form expectations set up by the instructor, or getting the writer to explain the focus to you, to describe the organization, or to talk about how s/he developed the essay's main ideas.
  
  
• Keep what you have heard from the writer in mind as you move into your session . Draw from the strategies and techniques outlined in your text.

From what I overheard in class - it sounds like you are making good use of these sessions.

For Thursday:

1. Finish revising your best response essay and send it to the ENG1620 email as an attachment.

2. Make sure you can get into your kean email account. You will be using google.sites associated with your kean email account to create your electronic portfolio for this course.

If you have questions - be in touch.