Revisions Due

Please don´t forget to turn in your revisions with transitional phrases and new ways of ending your essay. Leave them in the inbox by Friday.

Writers Workshop Exercises

Let's try some review. Try these exercises on dangling or misplaced modifiers.

Comics!

You have tonight and tomorrow night to get working on those comics.

I'll lock the rubric after Writers Workshop on Wednesday.

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Dangling Modifiers

Please watch this video.

We´ll discuss it.

Then complete these exercises.  Don´t worry, it´s easy!

For Friday or Monday

Listen to Act 2 and Act 4 of This American Life episode about superheroes. Write a blog entry in which you discuss the juxtaposition of these two stories. Think about tone, in addition to diction and syntax.

Write Now

Here it is.

What Everyone Has Been Waiting For

New, imrpoved tone word sheet. I´ll print these and give them to you in March, but in the mean time use this link.

Olympic Reading

Read this article about the Winter Olympics and write a response on your blog.

For Writers Workshop

We have a little more than week to complete our comic projects. The concept is simple: create a comic with a very clear purpose. It might be didactic. It might be critical. It might be self-reflective. It should have a specific audience. Whether you are an artist or a writer, bring in at least one page of material to work with. We'll use these to plan during our next class.

Also, bring in your completed revisions of the timed writing exercise.

Conclusion Writing Source

You can find the source here.

Writers Workshop Exercises

See them here.

For Monday

Be sure to continue your reading of your graphic novels. Given that the content is often easier with the pictures, I'd like you to read 50-60 pages of your graphic novel. This may mean you have either finished or will finish; as such, pick out a new work of graphic non-fiction to read.

In addition, try incorporating some of the bigger questions about perception, icons, etc. that McCloud plants. 

For Wednesday

Be sure to bring in your revisions of the Question 2 response from our final exam. Remember use a transitional phrase between each paragraph.