Today’s Plan:
- Attendance
- Workshop Volunteer Confirmation
- Style Exercise (Canvas Quiz)
- Writing
- Homework
Workshop Volunteer Confirmation
Let’s do this.
Style Exercise
Today we will be working from Williams and Bizup’s Style, working on sentence syntax. Williams emphasizing moving from subjects and verbs to characters and actions. The clearer the character, and her relation to the action, the easier it is for readers to follow your writing, and the more likely your writing will engage your readers.
There’s a handout. There’s a quiz in Canvas.
Writing
Today in class I want you to revise some existing writing with Williams’ strategy in mind. Work on producing sentences with concrete characters and actions.
Homework
Workshop preparation. There will be three workshop pieces this week. In each, I want you to find one sentence that could be revised using Williams’ strategy. I will also ask you to identify at least one claim made and evaluate whether the author provides enough evidence, and suggest what other evidence she might provide.
I will email you a confirmation when all three pieces are up.
You should also be reading and writing for week 8.
