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Agenda Google docs Sit with your groups Reflective Essay 1 Outline Send me .doc or .pdf files. Do not send me links to google docs or .pages files. Sit with your groups Exchange e-mail addresses Reflective Essay 1 Outline

Form Groups Form groups of four or five. Introduce yourselves. Let people in your group know what you wrote or your thoughts on doing the in-class writing. I need to record the names of people in each group.

Form Groups Group 1: Jose, Yash, Ileana, David, Anahi Group 2: Gustavo, Matthew, Andy, Tommy Group 3: Junhao, Faye, Jennifer, Marisol Group 4: Sam, Amy, Zaire Group 5: Jack, Victor, Doris, Olivia

Form Groups Group 1: Jose, Yash, Ileana*, David, Anahi Group 2: Gustavo*, Matthew, Andy*, Tommy Group 3: Junhao, Faye, Jennifer, Marisol Group 4: Sam*, Amy, Zaire Group 5: Jack, Victor, Doris, Olivia

Reflective Essay 1 The assignment description is available from the course web page.

Outline Organize your thoughts with an outline. What an outline should look like. The guide for the outline is on the assignment description. Chronological order Problems What you need to work on

Outline Important: If you turn in a draft without an outline I will not accept the draft and I will tell you to write a new essay with a new thesis. Two reasons for this rule: Changing an outline is much easier than changing a draft. The rule is a countermeasure against essay writing services.

Outline You should think of the outline as a tool to make sure that your essay is well organized. You are scored according to organization. Scoring guide keywords: Controlling central idea Paragraph Cohesive (sticks one idea, flow)

Outline Controlling central idea = thesis The thesis is typically the answer to the main question from a prompt. The question you are answering in your reflective essay is this one: How have you learned how to write (in English)?

Outline Paragraphs Indicate the beginning of new paragraphs with indentations. A well-organized essay has a logical sequence of paragraphs (“clear sequential relationship”). A good outline will reveal groups of paragraphs (what I will call parts).

Outline Paragraphs Focused Paragraphs have a topic sentence Paragraphs stay on topics

Outline Workshop See the workshop rubric In order to get participation credit you must e-mail your workshop partner and cc me on the e-mail tomorrow or earlier. Your e-mail should show how you have answered the questions on the rubric. The most important question is the one about the aspect of writing that the writer could improve. You will get credit only if you send the e-mail either today or tomorrow.

Homework We will discuss outlines over e-mail. Do not begin writing your first draft until your outline is approved. E-mail an outline to me if you have not yet sent me an outline. First drafts due on Tuesday. You should have at least two pages of the first draft finished in order to get credit for the workshop on Tuesday. For the workshop on Tuesday bring either a laptop that your partner can read from or a hard copy.

Homework Hand in the hard copy of your outline to get credit if you have not e-mailed the outline to me.

Homework E-mail feedback to your partner. To get participation credit you need to cc me on the e-mail.