DESIGN AN ELECTRONIC style-book of the advice from your draft of the TBL favorite passage analysis. If you add something to it every other week--say, from your writer's notebook--you will have an outstanding resource for down the road. Last week I provided feedback on all those drafts. You also added four in-class journals, and we began reading Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog.

Monday

Journal #6: WAATW: ...you were obsessed. Use lots of sensory detail to ground the story. Overview of materials related to the college essay.
HW: You should find your two favorite sentences from TBL. The first should be on image (a sentence that paints a particularly vivid, impactful experience). The second should be on thematic content (is on a one of Wolff's themes or life-lessons, a touch-stone in the memoir). Post those here. Also, please double check your appointment for the college essay conference. Don't forget! I will be expecting you, and you will receive a grade for participating in this activity. Finally, please read both the "Preface" and the "Freeze Frame" section in Short Takes 10th ed. for class on Thursday, pages xvi-14.

Tuesday

Bring to class both SBBD and Building Great Sentences. As we discuss both these books, you should annotate with your TBL sentences in mind. Use them as examples to practice the principles set within these two texts. Discussing chapters 1-2 of SBBD, and we'll read the intro and chapter one of BGS.
HW: Revise your favorite passage analysis with all the feedback from my lectures on style in mind. You need to begin by copying and pasting the text into word and running a word count. Your revision should be at least one-half in length (reduce your word count by 50%). Should be posted as a comment to your original post by class tomorrow. You should also post ONE college application essay question to the "Your Question" blog as a comment.

Wednesday

Journal #7: Explain your most recent epiphany. We will discuss the revision of your TBL analysis, and will also look at your selected favorite sentences. We will begin discussing the posted college essay questions.
HW: Read chapter three from SBBD for class tomorrow. You should also watch the first "punctuation untamed" video in the READ>English>Easton>video folder. You will need to use the WebDAV Nav program on your ipad to do so. See the STILT seminars/guides for help as needed.

Thursday

Journal #8: What one word embodies who you are? Brainstorm many, choose one and explain. First short takes day. Introduction to the text, and we will begin our first assignment after reading pages 15-22, "The Summer Wind."
HW: Watch the second "punctuation untamed" video.

Friday

Small group discussion of the Organization and Ideas, Technique and Style questions (for mnemonic purposes, we will call these OTIS questions).
HW: Type your answers to the "Summer Wind" OTIS questions, due Monday.