Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Writing 3 Class Notes -- November 8

Greetings!

We are coming into the home stretch!  The students handed in their second rough drafts for me to go over and edit.  With the first rough drafts, I looked primarily at content and organization.  This time I'll go over grammar, mechanics, content and organization with the proverbial fine-toothed comb.  We took some time to talk over problems with the papers.  I'll hand the rough drafts back next week and they will have 2 weeks to finish and have their final copies ready. 

Our last few weeks will look like this:
November 15 (Week 12) -- Hand back rough drafts and discuss problem areas
November 22 -- No Class for Thanksgiving Break
November 29 (Week 13) -- Final Papers Due! Along with Final Presentation plan
December 6 (Week 14) -- Presentations
December 13 (Week 15) -- Presentations & Party

We worked as a group with one of the SAT essay prompts.  The best scores for these tests are on ones that are well-organized and insightful.  My hope is that these exercises will serve them well not only with the SAT and ACT but with essay exams.

As a class we worked through common word usage problems.  These are problems that occur in tests AND in freshman writing classes.  One student commented that she had discovered a grammar error on a sign at a store.  Way to go!!

Have a great week!  If you haven't e-mailed me your paper, get it in as soon as possible.
Mrs. Prichard

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