October 4, 2012

Tonight we will be continuing our work in our Expository Essay unit.  We have Minor Essay 2a (definition) due.  We'll also do some work toward helping to shape our voice in our writing.  We'll wrap up the night by discussing the readings for the week and then working on Minor Essay 2b.

Objectives

• Use the writing process to shape the development of the essay
• Identify and analyze how authors manipulate structure to achieve their purpose

Activities

• Major Essay #1 due
• Minor Essay 2a due, discuss and hand in
• Analyze and discuss the four voices of persuasive and expository writing
• Discuss Cunningham, Gladwell, and Schlosser
• Assign and discuss Minor Essay 2b, due next week
• Assign and discuss the readings for next week

Homework

• Minor Essay 2b (written or typed) due next week
• In The Writer's Presence, read:
• Acocella, 283 - 292
• Bowden, 322 - 330
• Nafisi, 511 - 519
• Be prepared to identify:
• Text structure
• The author's thesis and development of ideas
• How the writer incorporates his/her voice into the essay
• The writer's ethos