Harvard Extension School Expo E-25; Section 12 (5:30PM-7:30PM) Instructor: Julie Anne McNary Please check your Elluminate Audio Wizard We will begin at 5:30PM.

Online WebConference Via Elluminate Software Website: Elluminate Room: Expository Writing E25: Introduction to Academic Writing and Critical Reading Analyzing the Short Story

Overview  FINAL Housecleaning – Comments, changing all due dates – revised syllabus, conferences.  In class workshop, peer review and grading, and class discussion on two Sample Writing Exercises 1.3  Writing Exercise on one paragraph of your draft.  Scheduling conferences for the next two weeks  How to prepare for your conference  Your final draft…due 10/21/09

Our Book and Chapters ISBN # ISBN # Chapters we’ve read so far: Chapters we’ve read so far: –1: Reading a Story –2. Point of View –3. Character –4. Setting –5. Tone and Style –6. Theme –13. Writing about A Story –7. Symbol –8. Evaluating a Story

In Class Workshop 1.3 Twenty-five minutes… Twenty-five minutes… In the drop box, in a folder titled: In Class Samples, you will find THREE samples of Exercise 1.3. In the drop box, in a folder titled: In Class Samples, you will find THREE samples of Exercise 1.3. Read these samples very carefully. Read these samples very carefully. Prepare a list of three things you found compelling and salient about these exercises and three things that you found needed work. Prepare a list of three things you found compelling and salient about these exercises and three things that you found needed work. To the best of your ability, based on your own sense of what we have learned so far, please assign a grade of A through E to the work. To the best of your ability, based on your own sense of what we have learned so far, please assign a grade of A through E to the work. Come back to the room prepared to aggressively defend your points. Come back to the room prepared to aggressively defend your points.

In Class Exercise Ten minutes… Ten minutes… Please choose one paragraph you have worked on for your essay thus far. Excerpt this paragraph and look at it as a separate entity. Please choose one paragraph you have worked on for your essay thus far. Excerpt this paragraph and look at it as a separate entity. Outline the five essential parts of the paragraph. Topic Sentence that stakes a claim; evidence from the text; your analysis of that evidence, closure and transition. Outline the five essential parts of the paragraph. Topic Sentence that stakes a claim; evidence from the text; your analysis of that evidence, closure and transition. Be prepared to analyze on the whiteboard; we’ll choose one or two volunteers. Be prepared to analyze on the whiteboard; we’ll choose one or two volunteers.

FINAL DRAFT After your conference, and after you have gone over the work at length, please print out your paper in a different font and read it out loud, slowly and clearly. After your conference, and after you have gone over the work at length, please print out your paper in a different font and read it out loud, slowly and clearly. Construct a reverse outline from your final draft – i.e. you should be able to reduce your paper down to a bulleted outline that is very clear and concise. Construct a reverse outline from your final draft – i.e. you should be able to reduce your paper down to a bulleted outline that is very clear and concise. Re-examine your Introduction, your thesis, and your conclusion. Check that each body paragraph adheres to our standards. Re-examine your Introduction, your thesis, and your conclusion. Check that each body paragraph adheres to our standards. In your conclusion, push for the expansive, and address the larger implications of your argument. Consider personal experience only if relevant. In your conclusion, push for the expansive, and address the larger implications of your argument. Consider personal experience only if relevant.

Class Discussion Questions about your Final Draft