Lesson:
Since several students have missed a few key sessions lately, I thought it best not to move on to a new assignment immediately before Thanksgiving break. Instead, we spent most of the class period in read-arounds of their persuasive essays. Read-arounds, wherein students pass around and critique one another's major papers, are a common practice in college. In our case, it not only acquainted the students with that procedure, but it also gave them a chance to hone their editing and revision skills together.
Assignment:
We will not meet during Thanksgiving week, resuming again December 5.
Students are to revise and edit their five-paragraph persuasive essays. They should take into account the critiques of their classmates, though they are not bound by those, and must still exercise their own best judgment.
3 comments:
Hi Becky,
When is the last December class for both writing classes?
Thanks, Marie
We will hold our last writing classes before Christmas vacation on December 12th.
I am willing to hold "office hours" on the 19th if any writing students or parents want to meet with me about writing. Just let me know.
Classes will resume on January 2nd, unless I hear otherwise from co-op leaders.
Oops! I was wrong about the return date. We will resume on January 9.
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