September 28, 2009

Tonight:

• We reviewed the need to re-think our "I love you" endings and incorporate them into the theses of our papers.
• As a whole group, we reviewed and discussed our personal reactions and reflections on Dick Gregory's "Shame."
• Used a "glossing" strategy to continue working on revising the supporting details and order of paragraphs in our first drafts of Project One, our personal literacy narratives.
• Individual writing conferences about Tan Response papers and/or projects.

Homework:

• Complete the reflection questions on the class schedule about your project and include them in your writing journal. These do not have to be submitted but are to assist in your revision process.
• Submit expanded and revised second draft of Project One --approximately 6 pages.

Reminders:

• If you will be absent from class, please contact Ms. Kiefer and submit the homework that is due.
• Per the policies detailed in the class syllabus more than one absence will negatively effect a student's grade.

Friday September 18th

Announcements/Reminders:

• Last day to drop a class with a 50% refund is 9/23/09.
• All work for the week must be submitted via e-mail by 5 p.m. on Friday
• More than one absence will negatively affect a students grade by as much as a full grade per absence. Remember we only meet once per week!

Material reviewed and discussed this evening:

• Amy Tan's Mother Tongue. Use of introduction to create focus, tone and mood. Dispelling common writing myths: "I;, Beginning a sentence with Because..., And... What is a subordinator anyway? Why you shouldn't use second person :) (pun intended)
• Creating suspense and expectation with an introduction.
• Focus, Development and Organization discussion. Handout.
• Writing and revising Project One using a Hot Spotting strategy.
• Individual conferences and writing help.

Homework for next week:

• Some students must submit their Cell Phone essay if not yet completed and e-mailed no later than Sunday 9/20 at 3 p.m.
• Read Gregory's Shame pg. 324.
• Write a response to Shame--approximately 2 pages double-spaced typed.
• Write and complete a first draft of Project One--approximately 4 pages double-spaced typed.
• Any missing work that has not yet been submitted must be submitted by Sunday 9/20/09.

Reminder to Students

All work should be submitted to gotprofkiefer@gmail.com no later that 5 p.m. on the Friday it is due. Failure to submit work on time will negatively effect a student's grade because a student will not be prepared to participate or conference in the evening's workshop. Thank you.

Friday September 11th

Information we reviewed tonight in class.

• Small Groups met to discuss and read each other's Freewriting summaries.
• Discussed and pre-viewed Amy Tan reading, Mother Tongue. How does this relate to our own literacy? Handout for Summary Response assignment on Tan distributed
• Introduced Project One--Our own literacy narratives. Handout disctributed
• Began building our own Google Sites for our end of class portfolios.
• Class time to freewrite on Project One and conference with Ms. Kiefer.

Homework:

1) Freewrite a minimum of two-pages, double-spaced typed on Project One.

2) Read Amy Tan's Mother Tongue

3) Write summary response on Tan reading

Important Reminders:

Each student must have a working e-mail.
Some students have not yet returned their revised cell phone essays.
Sign-up for Kean Campus Alert system.
You must have access to textbook readings during class and at home.
Be on time to class!

First Week Class Summary and Assignments 09/04

Information we reviewed tonight:

• Reminder to sign-up for campus alert at www.mir3.com/kean
• Syllabus--The key to your success: read it on your own this week.
• Schedule-- Subject to change
• Introductions--Who is next to you and what did you learn about them?
• What's this class about?
• Writing: Process-oriented, rhetorical, social, reflective.
• Reading: Critically, rhetorically, multi-modally (for many uses)
• Pre-comp assessment survey
• GELAP Diagnostic Essay

Homework:**
1) Revising GELAP Essay
2) Reading Elbow's Freewriting --page 20-23 Comment and Controversy
3) Review Tips for Summarizng handout
4) Complete essay Summary of "Freewriting" by Peter Elbow--(handout) No more than 250 words. Bring two hard copies to class to discuss in small groups.
**Reminder to submit all writing to gotprofkiefer@gmail.com no later than Friday September 11 at 5pm.

Problems or questions? E-mail me at kikiefer@kean.edu