Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Assignment 8


English 101: Introduction to College WritingSpring 2013
Assignment 8: reflecting on others’ writing

1.     On the class blog homepage, select two students’ blogs from the blog roll.

2.     For each student, read through their assignments for the “Lifelike” unit. Leave at least two comments for each student.

3.     Now return to your own blog and read through your assignments for the “Lifelike” unit. Make at least two comments on your own posts. (Yes, you will be “talking” to yourself.)

4.     On your own blog, create a post and title it Assignment 8. Write one well-developed paragraph considering the following:
a.     What was most interesting to you in the other studentswriting? What stood out or surprised you? What do you wish you had noticed that someone else noticed? How do you think the other writer(s) were able to see those things?
b.     What was most interesting to you about your own writing?
c.     How will you go about writing your next essay and making choices? How will you make use of your previous assignments and our class discussion about “Lifelike”?
Also write one well-developed paragraph considering the following:
d.     How did you think about audience for your first essay? How will you think about audience for this essay?
e.     How would you describe your tone?
f.      What sets your essay apart from your classmates’ essays?

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