You looked at some sample response essays for Rau, and we talked about what the author would need to do to revise the essay so that it met the criteria for the assignment.
We looked at the essays in terms of:
focus - the focus for the summary of Rau + your discussion needed to be the same;
development - the response needed to bring in OUTSIDE information to develop a discussion of the points raise by Rau;
organization - the essay needed to introduce all the points from Rau that you responded to;
language - the essay needed to use the language expected for summaries).
In the computer lab, you had a workshop with a classmate to figure out what you needed to do to revise your own essay. You then spent some time working on revising your essay.
Homework:
Read: Amy Tan "Mother Tongue" on Banks
Write: Do the pre-writing to develop a response essay for Tan; print your pre-writing & bring it to class on Thursday.
Write: (for October 6) finish revising your response to Rau.
I read through your feedback on class so far - thanks for the good suggestions. I will go over the most commented on points & discuss some of the observations/requests you raised on Thursday.
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