Class Thirteen

25Jun09

Last time, we talked about the importance of specificity and the importance of the thesis statement.

Q: What is specificity?

Q: What is a thesis statement?

We also spent some time thinking about the “we” in Morrie’s statement, “We are teaching the wrong things,” and we were unable to identify anyone, really, in that “we.” Or were we?

Let’s get out our texts and consider whether or not we learned anything in the first 100 pages that might help us better answer that question. Consider your annotations.

Paper 2: The Adaptation Narrative

For your second essay in Rhetoric and Composition I you must complete a 3-5 page adaptation narrative. You will be telling the reader how a specific individual in your life has helped you navigate or understand the culture in which you live. Importantly, you will be telling the reader how your interaction with this person has helped you adapt or change in a meaningful way.

This paper will demonstrate your ability to use elements of narrative (including description, dialogue and plot) in order to make a statement about some aspect your growth and development as a student and as a citizen.

As an example, consider Tuesdays with Morrie.  The entire book contains many examples of how Mitch, through his interaction with Morrie, changed his overall outlook on the world.  In a sense, what we are asking of you is write your own “Morrie” narrative.

Format: Your paper will need to be typed and double-spaced. .

Let’s do some pre-writing on this issue as our journal assignment for today.

Group work

Group presentations

Mini-lecture: We will be focusing on a specific moment, just as we did last time.

Homework:

Draft of Paper one due  Tuesday.

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