Monday, Febraury 18th
Bring to class on today: Your cda book AND a copy of your selected publication venue.
Blog prompt for today (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?
Today: discussion on rewriting, revision, editing, proofreading.
Activity: examination and analysis of your publication venue.
Due Wednesday: your interview notes and typed copy of your interview transcript.
Conferences: Tuesday, February 19th & Thursday, February 21st
Discussion: Drafting your profile.
Wednesday, February 20th
Due today: your interview notes and typed copy of your interview transcript.
Small group work: dominant impression or the "angle" of your profile.
Description and dialogue
Computer Lab: Friday, February 22nd
Due today: an electronic draft of your profile. Bring your draft to class for electronic peer review. You will email your draft to me during class.
Blog prompt for Monday (due by 2pm): Write a serious letter to your 10-year-old self. What do you wish that person knew before he or she became you today? What do you need to tell yourself at ten years old to prepare you for today? What warnings or insights or bits of wisdom can you tell your 10-year-old YOU?
Writing assignment for Monday: Your well-considered peer review is due by Monday, 5pm. You must email a copy to the profile writer and to me.
Reading assignment for Monday: A profile about the real-life character Meryl Streep played in The Devil Wears Prada, Anna Wintour. Print a copy of this article and bring it to class on Monday. As you read it, use a highlighter to mark the places where Anna Wintour has dialogue. Then, mark the places where Anna Wintour is described. (Use two different highlighter colors if you have them.)
Quote for the week: Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. -Nicholas Sparks, author (1965- )