Today, we went over four key topics:

–Rhetorical Analysis: rhetoric as a way of thinking, more formally analyzing, distinguishing between summary and analysis, and thinking toward the sort of topic you might want to write about for your Rhetorical Analysis assignment

–Genre: We got some practice considering different kinds of genre conventions for the memoir essay, thinking toward what audiences expect and what they might not expect.

–Style in Sentence Choices: We thought about varying sentences in terms of their length and type for both engagement and emphasis.

–Checking in on Revision: We had a brief check-in to see how the revision is going.

Next Time

-The Rhetorical Analysis Proposal Process Document is due by 3pm on Thursday, 9/24

-The Writing Session Plan Process Document is due by 3pm on Thursday, 9/24

-Read the Tristen Chau essay and complete a Reading Annotation on it by 3pm on Thursday, 9/24

-Not due on Thursday, but: please work with your Writing Groups on when you are going to share an in-progress version of your Literacy Narrative Revision with your group members and deadlines for getting feedback to each other. Activity Accountant: make sure everyone is set on this. Group Historian: let me know by October 1 how this went.

Remember: More information on assignments due are ALWAYS on the Course Schedule.