Thursday, September 16

You should have received your revised summary in your email box - with comments. If you turned in your essay and did not receive comments - send me an email, I may have emailed the wrong address. We discussed the kinds of comments the class as a whole received on their work - and talked about some of the general patterns in academic writing that you were practicing in this assignment. In particular, we pointed out that the general rules are that most academic essays essays begin and close with a statement of overall focus (and that in general the into & conclusion should match) and that discussion of individual points set up a general statement of the point before listing/describing particulars.

We spent the rest of the class working on your response to the chapter on writing process. We first analyzed the assignment in terms of the anticipated audience, purpose & form. We then looked carefully at the assignment sheet & the sample essay.

This essay requires a focused summary + your response to the points within that focus. We talked about subject by subject (or block by block) versus point by point patterns for organizing discussions. The rest of the class was devoted to work on your draft. You worked in small groups and on your own.

Homework for Tuesday:

Read: "Inside the tutoring session," Ch 3 in Bedford Guide

Write: Draft response to Ch 2, "The Writing Process"

To receive credit for your draft response essay you need to email it to ENG1620honorsenglish@gmail.com as an attachment before class Tuesday.

Have a good week end and see you on Tuesday.