Day Thirty-Eight / 10.29.10

Today we started with a quote from Elmore Leonard: "If it sounds like writing, rewrite it." Then we talked about how to make your writing so fluid that we forget that it is writing. We also talked about rewriting techniques, such as:

-adding figurative language

-reading our paper aloud

-asking for help/peer review

-reading each line, from last to first

Then we worked on the paragraph unscramble and finished our conferences. Happy Halloween, and remember your final draft of your Persuasive Essay is due on Monday.

Day Thirty-Seven / 10.28.10

Today we continued working on our ads and continued our conferences.

Day Thirty-Six / 10.27.10

Today we worked on our advertisements and had conferences.

Day Thirty-Five / 10.26.10

Today we started by analyzing the argument / counterargument of the pro and con cheer articles. After that we began looking at advertisements (like below) and what they sell/say.

Day Thirty-Four / 10.25.10

Today we started by peer editing our rough drafts. Then we journaled on a quote from John-Paul Sartre: "A writer who adopts political, social, or literary positions must act only with the means that are his own—that is, the written word." Then, we looked at argument/counterargument through the lens of this article from Sports Illustrated, and this article from Cheerhome.com.

Day Thirty-Three / 10.22.10

Today we started with a quote from Doris Lessing, "Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself." Then we discussed interviewing techniques. Finally, we wrote poems on the rain using personification.

Day Thirty-Two / 10.21.10

Today we started with a quote from Oscar Wilde, "The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." Then we discussed this article from the Week Magazine. We looked at how to integrate facts and opinions into our commentary.