Monday, Febraury 11th
Don't forget: your blog entry is due today by 2pm. Your blogging prompt is posted on last Friday's calendar.
Discussion of Sarah Vowell's "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" and The Declaration of Independance.
Reading due for Wednesday: In cda, read "the contexts, audiences, and purposes of writing," "ethos, logos, and pathos as writing strategies," and "ethos in writing," pages 188-197.
Writing due for Wednesday: Keep working on your interview.
Conferences: Tuesday, February 12th & Thursday, February 14th
--The Wonderful World of Independent and Dependent Clauses (and how to use a comma well).
--Your interview progress: an update, please.
As always, bring your copy of The Little, Brown Handbook.
Wednesday, February 13th
Reading due for Friday: In cda, read "logos in writing," and "pathos in writing," pages 198-211.
Writing due for Friday: Your interview should be done by Friday.
Computer Lab: Friday, February 15th
Working with forums, publication venues, and profiles.
Reading due for Monday: In cda, read "the written strategies of revising, editing, and proofreading," pages 213-218
Writing due for Monday: Select a group member to clean up and finish your forum.
Blog prompt for Monday (due by 2pm): Describe a time when you learned something the hard way. What was your hard lesson? What led up to it? What was the aftermath?
Bring to class on Monday: Your cda book AND a copy of your selected publication venue.