Today was such a productive day! We've got some of the big conceptual understandings now about how to approach argumentative writing. Remember that over the weekend you have a major task - the revision of your outlines. All revised outlines should be turned in no later than Thursday the 21st. This is so that we can give you feedback to develop rough drafts. As you revise follow the steps:
- Edit your argument so that it passes the DADS test. It's gotta be Debatable, Analytical, Defensible, and Specific!
- Reorganize your textual support around clear and specific topics. Generate topic sentences that explain the connection to your argument.
- Develop a refutation from the evidence in the text.
- Explain all of your evidence in the context of your argument. Show how this relates and why it is important.
You have everything you need to improve your standing (aka revising outlines and questions) in this class and in your approach to writing. It's time to get it done.
Also, read Eudora Welty's "Listening" for class on Tuesday. There's a link to the article here. As you read, annotate the piece to discover what Welty's argument is.
English IV
If you have not completed your draft of "The Me You Don't See" spend time this weekend developing that so that you will be ready to submit your draft on Thursday next week. On Thursday we'll go back to the lab to do final checks before submitting.
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