We went over the dates for turning in drafts for Revised Essay 1/2, and for the Drafts & Revisions for Essays 3/4. We decided to (for now) stick with the dates on the calendar.
We then talked about John McPhee's "Search for Marvin Gardens." We talked about the "facts" McPhee included - and gradually figured out the "message" - or one message - he set us up to read into those facts. We thought about why he might write his essay in the form he wrote it - the audience he was writing to - and how that strategy (engaging the reader in "solving" the essay as opposed to simply reading it) might be useful to you as a writer.
I closed class by suggesting (pleading?) that you might use your blogs as an opportunity to explore relationships to audience = to put your work out there, "listen" to how it is received - and to be a reader for your classmates. This is an important part of what you can "get" out of this class.
I closed class by suggesting (pleading?) that you might use your blogs as an opportunity to explore relationships to audience = to put your work out there, "listen" to how it is received - and to be a reader for your classmates. This is an important part of what you can "get" out of this class.
For Thursday:
Read: Gawande, 245.
Blog 14: Post any writing you have for essay any requests for comments that work for you
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