September 16, 2014 - Tuesday

Class Work

1. Please welcome Andi Robbins from Pearson. She is here to help us get registered on-line for MyWritingLab.

You need the access code that you can find on the cardboard folder you purchased. If you do not have your code, register with a temporary code. You have two weeks to get registered. Don't forget or your work will go away! You will have to do it again.

HOMEWORK: Complete the diagnostic test and take a look at your results.  Reflect. Create a plan for yourself.  According to the results,what are the top three (3) things you need to work on as a writer. Explain why you selected those. Tell what you will do to improve. In other words, what is your plan. Post your reflection in CANVAS by 9/18/14. This should be 1-3 paragraphs. (30 points.)

2. "Why So Blue? What did you like about the essay? What made the essay difficult to read and understand? Look back at the response you wrote for homework.

More color thoughts:
(A handout will be provided for this activity.)

• The author wrote in 1st person - "I". You may write your color essay in first person. Please think of at least one personal example/story to include in the essay.
• Compare your color to other colors
• Mention famous people who "wear" your color.
• Tell about your possessions that "wear" your chosen color.
• Conduct a bit of research. Locate songs, movies, poems, works of art, stories, or television shows that include your color, or some variant thereof, in the title or the presentation.
• What things that are man-made are your color?
• What is the history/dictionary information about your color? (Actually READ a dictionary!)
• Are there any famous quotations that include your color? (Visit a quotation site!)
• Are there any places or events in nature where your color is the primary focus?

Let these questions serve as a springboard. Elaborate. Do not limit yourself to one sentence.  You will be using this information and the information from your "color thoughts" as the foundation for the next essay.

Keep track of your sources. We will try EasyBib again on Thursday. You just need the URLs for now.

Handout:

Name: __________________________________ Color:___________________________________

Personal Example:	Color compared to other colors:	Famous people/teams:
Personal possessions:	Songs, movies poems, works of art, stories, television shows, etc. that include your color in the title:	Man-made things:
Nature:	History/dictionary definition	Famous quotations: (Please make the correction - thanks! )

Sources:

 

We will spend the rest of class filling out the chart. You may do it by hand or in Word. It is due on Thursday at the beginning of class.