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Agenda Review Schedule Practice for In-Class Writing Introductions and Conclusions Development: PIE paragraphs Homework

Appointments Marisol, Tommy, Yash Thursday 9:30 Tommy Thursday 10:30 [Jacob] Thursday 11:00 Jose Thursday 11:30 Jennifer Thursday 3:30

Schedule Review major tasks for the portfolio: Write drafts of the two analytical essays Develop techniques for passing timed writing exams Revise one analytical essay In-class writing tomorrow and next Friday. I will recommend that you drop the class if you do not have a passing in-class writing. Be prepared to do out-of-class workshops next week if you do not pass the in-class writing tomorrow.

Schedule We are on track to do first-draft workshops for the analytical essay on Tuesday.

Practice IMPORTANT: The directions in the following slides apply to 50-minute timed writings with a specific kind of question scored according to the EWRT211 scoring guide. The directions do not apply to all essays. Out-of-class essays will follow different rules. Other evaluators will use different rubrics. You should use strategies for brainstorming and writing outlines that are appropriate to your specific writing task.

Practice What should you bring to the test?

Practice What should you bring to the test? Alternative 1: Example/situation Advantage Disadvantage Alternative 2:

Practice What is the first step?

Practice What is the first step? Identify the main question and the two alternatives.

Practice What is the second step? Brainstorm: Answer questions. Keep in mind special instructions. Think of situations/stories for your answers.

Practice What is the third step?

Practice What is the third step? Write a general answer to the main question based on your brainstorm.

Practice What is the fourth step?

Practice What is the fourth step? Write your outline (review sample outlines).

Practice A typical outline X is better than Y because… How is X better than Y? (advantages of X, disadvantages of Y) How is Y better than X? (advantages of Y, disadvantages of X) X is better than Y, but…

Practice Another typical outline X is better than Y because… How is X good and not good? How is Y good (better) and not good (worse)? X is better than Y, but…

Practice What is the fifth step? Write a more specific thesis. The first thesis hints at the more specific thesis but does not give the reasons. The second thesis can give the reasons.

Practice Review Before the exam: Prepare your brainstorm Step 1: Identify the main question. Step 2: Brainstorm Step 3: Write your answer to the main question. Step 4: Write your outline. Step 5: Revise your thesis.

Practice Introductions Remember that your introduction provides a frame for your thesis. It would be appropriate for you to give a general description of the context that makes the thesis make sense. Make sure that every key term in the thesis is introduced before the thesis.

Practice Conclusions Explain why you chose one alternative instead of the other. Possible reasons?

Practice Conclusions Explain why you chose one alternative instead of the other. Possible reasons? Frequency? Severity? What is more valuable? Other possible ways to measure one alternative against the other.

Practice PIE paragraphs One way to organize a paragraph is in terms of PIE Point: The topic sentence Information: The description of the example Explanation: Clarifies how the example is related to the topic and the thesis

Practice Workshops If your partner gave you suggestions for examples, your partner did a good job.

Practice Workshop: Exchange your outline with someone else. Write your name on your partner’s outline. Answer the questions below. Ideas: Are both sides represented with advantages and disadvantages? Ideas: Are both sides clearly identified? Development: Are there specific examples? If no examples, suggestions?

Homework E-mail outlines Come prepared to the in-class writing tomorrow. We will start first-draft workshops on Tuesday.

Form Groups Presentations Group 1: Gustavo, Tommy, Doris, Olivia Group 2: Jennifer, Marisol, Yash, Jose Group 3: Zaire, Matthew, David, Ileana Group 4: Jack, Victor, Faye, Junhao Amy? Andy? Anahi?