Writing an update: second draft.

Hi all,

I've just finnished my class with parallel B I decided to write this sort of memory helper: As I won't see parallel B until next Friday, they have the chance of sending their second drafts as they finish them, until next Monday. I will write back with some feedback on Tuesday and Wednesday, so you can consider it in the final version that you are handing in on Friday 1st. We're doing it this way because I see group B only once a week.

With parallel A, I'll check your 2nd drafts on Wednesday 30th, in class.

Punctuation revision

Hi,

Here I am posting the links we worked on with parallel B; we'll do the same activity next week with parallel A. I am going to combine punctuation exercises and explanations with our work with writing texts.


http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/3/5/15/

I can say that the material found in this website is very reliable. So if you want to check it on your own, go ahead. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/


Juan Chamorro A.

First class and first assignment

We have had our first full week of classes and there is some information important to bear in mind.

Material we are currently using:

[right click "save as..."] Handout 1: Fables of our time.ppt

[right click "save as..."] Weekly reading 1: Skyjack.pdf. I will ask questions to random students (from the list).

Punctuation exercise: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/3/5/15/ (it includes the link to the rules and the answers) Printer verision: commas exercise 1.doc (right click)


How and when will the weekly reading be assessed?

Parallel A: Friday 25th (March) chapters 1 to 5.
Friday 1st of April chapters 6 to 10.
Friday 8th of April chapters 11 to 15.
Parallel B: Friday 25th (March) chapters 1 to 10. (the first 5 from last week)
Friday 1st of April chapters 11 to 15.

Then, I'll give you another one.

First assignment:

Write an update of a children's story of your choice. (300 words minimum)
- You can work in groups of 3 people maximum or on your own.
- For next class you're expected to bring a list of characters deinakscribed and the chain of events ready. (I will grade your work).
- In class we will write the first draft and will do peer correction.
- You will be asked to write a sencond draft.
- The final text must be ready for Friday 1st of April.


IMPORTANT NOTE: The posts below this one correspond to Reading and Composition1. I kept them just for reference.

PORTFOLIOS NEW DEADLINE

Dear all,

I've decided to put off the due date of the portfolio:

I ideally should match the date with a working day, in which you can come and drop your portfolio in my office, in clase you have decided to burn a CD. That way all of you have the same chances.

New deadline: Thursday 9th, at 5:30 in the afternoon. I will be in my office receiving the portfolios from 4:30, onwards.

I hope this aditional time may serve you well.

Best regards to everybody,

Video tutorial e-portfolios (in Spanish)

This is one of the things that I am going to explain on Wednesday morning at 10:30, in lab LC-4.

Portfolio rubric

Hi all,

Here I have the rubric that I will use to evaluate your portfolios. Take a look at it so make sure you have everything. Best regards,

Your teacher.

right click "save as"
RUBRIC

or here you haveit in JPG format

End of Term Information

Dear all,

Thanks for being patient. Here you have the required information:

Parallel A: No class on Monday; Parallel B: No compulsory class on Wednesday.
Everybody is invited to this Wednesday's class in Lab LC-7 at 10:30. It's not obligatory. Read some lines below for details.

1- First Exam solution: An assignment.

As all of you know, we're going to fill in the space corresponding to the first exam with the grade of an assignment that you're going to write. Here are the instructions:

Write a 100-word narrative paragraph about your first day of class as a university student. I need it to come with two drafts and its prewriting.
- Prewriting (it can be brainstorming, outlining, freewriting, journalists questions, clustering, etc.) It can be handwritten of typed.
- First draft (to organize the ideas, the topic sentence, the supportive sentences and the concluding one) typed.
- Second draft (to check everything related to grammar, spelling and punctuation) typed.
- Final work. Typed.
Due date: Monday 6th of December, 23:58.

2- Portfolio: Due date: Wednesday 8th of December, 23:58.

As explained in class, you'll have to create an e-portfolio. The idea of the portfolio is that you present evidence, through the works of them term, that you have learned about the writing process and improve your writing skills (grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, etc.) It's a selection of the texts you have written; you don't have to include everything you have written in the subject. The contents your portfolio should have are:

- Brief Introduction
- Two different prewriting activities, with their corresponding reflections.
- One random paragraph from the first part of the term, with its reflection.
- One explanatory paragraph, with its reflection.
- One journal entry, with its reflection.
- One descriptive paragraph, with its draft and its reflection.
- One general reflection, as a conclusion.

Due date: Wednesday 8th of December, 23:58.
I am going to add some videos here. Next post.


Related information:
I am going to be in LAB LC-1 at 10:30 this Wednesday 1st of December, making up a class. It's not compulsory to go. I am going to explain how to use winrar to compress, how to create the hyperlinks with Power Point, and I'll clarify any doubts that may be (I'll give feedback about texts, too). Later, at 12:00 (or earlier, depending how thew activity goes) I'll be handing back your previous texts and drafts that are pending, so you can include them in your portfolios, if you don't have copies of them.

3- Last Exam Contents:
- Weekly readings: Charles Chaplin, How the Paper fish Learned to Swim, Martin Luther King, the articles about heroes (the little boy).
- Writing paragraphs (topic sentence, support, and conclusion)
- Kinds of paragraphs (explanatory, and descriptive, mainly)
- The writing process

Some details about the exam: The exam will consist of three parts: I - You'll be asked to write sentences with vocabulary words from the texts you read (for example "fins," from the paper fish that learned to swim ); II - You'll be asked questions about the texts we read; finally III - You'll be asked to write a paragraph about a topic (surprise)

4- The last paragraphs, about your favourite month and the one about your hero, are due this Friday 3rd. I need them to come WITH their corresponding drafts and prewriting. (BUT, If, by any reason, I still have your draft, write a note at the end of the paragraph, explaining that you have already handed in your draft)

Well, guys, I think I've covered all the topics pending.
Please, feel free to comment and ask questions.

Thanks for a nice semester!

Juan Chamorro A.
Reading and Composition Class.