IN CLASS:
We reviewed the Writing Process (prewriting, writing, revising, and editing) and five-paragraph essay structure for a quiz to be held during the first hour on the aforementioned topics. Students will also be tested on their ability to identify plot structure in a narrative, during this hour.
Then, students were broken-up into FIVE groups to begin discussing the top five errors from the list of 21 in their Holy Grail (The Top Twenty Errors Students Make). Each group was to read the error name, the content in their Rules of Thumb Handbook, and then proceed to the white board to title the error and provide two original examples of the error. Then the groups explained the error made, to the class, and I interjected as necessary to further explain the grammatical error. The top FIVE errors are: Wrong Word, Missing Comma After an Introductory Phrase, Incomplete or Missing Documentationn, Vague Pronoun Reference (Ambiguous Wording), and Spelling Error.
The instructor then passed-back the students writing (The DailyWriting Spark entitled: "I Went to the Zoo") with suggestions for correction, based upon the top five errors on the Holy Grail (previously discussed in class). Students then, using the knowledge learned previously, glossed three errors in their writing. Students who missed class need to see me about how to do this.
Then, we read "Joy Through the Tears" in the text on page 148, answered the discussion questions and submitted the answers for grading.
THERE IS NO HOMEWORK.
