Hyphen Use: Playing with Words and Leaves

On this blog, artist Christoph Niemann names the shapes of leaves. Notice how he uses hyphens to link compound adjectives like "Cloud-That-Actually-Resembles-A-Car Leaf" and "Rob-Blogojevich's-Flair Leaf." According to the OWL at Purdue, the rule is generally to use a hyphen to link words that are brought together to modify a single noun, such as chocolate-covered peanuts or well-known author. Note, however, that you don't hyphenate if you place the same words after the noun: "The peanuts are chocolate covered" and "The author is well known."

Significant Event Paper Peer Review Schedule

The paper you submit for peer review should be the third draft of your paper and the best paper you can write. On the day your paper is scheduled for peer review, bring 11 copies of the paper to class. Your paper should show what you've learned from class skill presentations, spotlights, class discussion, and the textbook. I will give your peer review third draft a possible 10 points depending on how well written it is.

Nov. 23 (Monday): Tiffany, Trevor, and Melissa
Nov. 30 (Monday): Kyleigh, Katie, Brittany
Dec. 2 (Wednesday): Kathie, Becca, James, and Nate

If you are not prepared for your peer review, you will receive a 0 and your paper will not be rescheduled for another peer review due to lack of time.

Class Nov 17 & 18

Class Nov 17

SPOTLIGHT: compressing time in a narrative

TEACHER PRESENTATION: writing strong conclusions to your narrative

TEACHER CONFERENCES at Writing Lab
Kyleigh
Katie
Brittany
Tiffany (if time)

Writing Quote of the Day

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." (Sylvia Plath)

Class Nov 13

READING QUIZ: Chapter 7 (A&B)

PRESENTATIONS:
Revising locally (Katie)
Expand your repertoire of styles (Becca)

TEACHER CONFERENCES at Writing Lab:
Melissa
Trevor

Grading Criteria for Skill Presentations

Skill Presentation Assignment (10 points):

1. Be prepared on your assigned day.
2. Use the text.
3. Incorporate the board or other visual(s).
4. Involve the students in learning exercises.
5. Assess learning: students should produce something (a quiz, a practice exercise) that you can grade (worth 5 points).
   

Paper 2: A Significant Event

Here's a description of the paper and the schedule we'll be following. I've updated the schedule so you can see what Skills Presentation assignment you have and what day you're having your Teacher Conference. Here's a copy of the Paper 2 Peer Review Grading Rubric.

Your comments about Glass Castle

• Her way of telling the story is interesting. It is organized and disorganized at the same time.
• I absolutely loved it, and I loved how you pulled in writing skills to learn while we were reading it.
• I like the way she writes it. In the beginning, she writes it like a child and how she viewed things when she was little. Then when she got older her perspective changed.
• I think you should have the next year's class read Glass Castle. It was very interesting to read and brought out many things to think about. You can learn a lot from the way the book is written: structure, organization, word choice. But I think the most valuable thing about reading the Glass Castle is it gets you thinking about the world. They will start thinking about the bigger picture. I really enjoyed the book.
• I learned a lot about life, how hard it can be, and how good I really have it. This book caused me to think, reflect, and evaluate my own life. ...There are some sad/disturbing parts, but they made a point.
• I liked the book; it really put an insight into the world. I especially liked the pace that we read it at and the discussions that we had. Maybe do more with WN; I felt that I spent a lot of time writiung in them, but never used that later in the class.
• I thoroughly enjoyed reading "The Glass Castle." It not only opened my eyes to a unique writing style, but it also broadened my vision of the world. It taught me to read, think, and reflect back on my own life, or look to the future.
• I never really enjoy reading--but this boook encouraged me to read; I really liked it! Besides being an easy read, this book brought the reader to question real world issues and was thought-provoking.
• I particularly enjoyed the writing style because it's as if the whole book is flowing from a childlike mind, and as the story progressed, we witnessed her mind mature to a point where she understood her poor situation.