Well you do finally have the book in your hands. You have 11 days (two weekends) to read the book and type up three one page reactions to what you are reading. You decide when and how much you want to read, but be sure you are text coding as you read. We will be returning to the book often, and you'll want key lines/ideas/points/examples/support clearly identified so that it will be easy to find. One more time:
MARK UP THE TEXT!
As for those reaction papers, I will be discussing the expectations tomorrow in class. Here are some quick general pointers. Each one should:
1) Have an introduction
2) Make a claim
3) Be focused on a single idea
4) Be supported by evidence from the text (quotes)
5) Include cited quotes
6) Be well developed and fleshed out
7) Have a concluding paragraph
8) Be kept to a single page
Since it is only one page, a single idea is all you need. Since you are only writing about a single idea, you should be able to flesh it out to fill the page. More coming tomorrow.
Good work on the agreement errors today. Obviously, we aren't masters yet, but, at this point, just being aware of the issue is enough. As the year progresses it will become more ingrained and you will be the experts you long to be.
Here's another sampling:
I let all my friends read my paper during lunch to give me their personal opinion.
Tell me the error and I'll sign your Archer card tomorrow.
I have a short story and a poem option for tomorrow. I'm leaning towards the poem because we could probably handle it in a single class. That way we can start the short story on Monday.
What's a Bergeron?
See you soon.
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