Writing 3 Class Notes -- Week 14 (December 10)

 Greetings!

Now, we are truly down to the home stretch for Writing 3 and our research papers.  In class we talked about that bittersweet feeling when you near the end of a bigger project; most people feel both relief and a bit of a letdown when they finish something that has taken a lot of work.  

We started class with a Quick Write, using these prompts:

Option 1: What is your favorite restaurant? Why? What do you like to order there? Option 2: What is your least favorite kind of music? Why don’t you like it? Option 3: What is the most generous thing you’ve done? Would you do it again? Why?  

I had chosen these prompts from a list from another class, but the music-related prompt set us up for Martha's presentation.  

Following the Quick Write discussion, I covered again some of the details about in-text citations and the Works Cited page.  This is one of those topics that only fully makes sense when you are actually writing a paper and using that knowledge to correctly document your sources.  

We had two strong Presentations today:  Annika shared about weddings and low cost options, and Martha spoke about music.  Both were well-prepared and thought-provoking.  Next week we will only do presentations, and these are the people presenting:  Sophia, Abby Kate, Will, Laura, Isaac, Jacob, Brad, and Katie.  (No Quick Writes or instruction!)  We are not allowed to eat in our classroom, but I will bring some treats for afterwards.

I reminded the students that their Final Drafts are due next week (Dec. 17), but I also told them that I would take any work until 5:00 pm on Sunday, Dec. 20.  However, I will not take any more rough drafts after next 8:00 AM, Wednesday, Dec. 16.  I spend almost an hour on rough drafts of research papers, going over not only the body of the paper but also each reference on the Works Cited page.  Students should also feel free to have peers, parents, or siblings go over their papers.

Note:  Students, if you hand in anything between now and next Thursday, please also send me an email so that I know it's there.  

Until next week,

Mrs. Prichard