Block Day, Week 24: Antigone Essay

* Open
"Mistakes were made." Sometimes passive voice just feels better.
* Quiz

* Lost Tools paper 37 (.pdf 48) and following
  • Review Lost Tools Practice 5 (six sentences)
  1. cliche
  2. vague
  3. cliche
  4. vague
  5. passive
  6. passive
  • Do "Regrettable Sentences" paper 38 ff
    • This time, just write the error and fix the sentence (you do not write the incorrect sentence or the three ways you might fix it...just one)
* Peer Edit
  • At least two peer edits.  Editors, please check for the following:
    • Exordium (present?)
    • Look for parallelism (see the thesis especially)
    • Check the verbs (vague, passive, or cliche?)
    • Does it generally focus on one character from Antigone?  It should.
    • Does it take a side, stating and defending why that character should or should not have done something?
    • Is there a modern application somewhere?
    • Is there at least one quote in each body paragraph?  Does the quote follow the MLA format?
HW:
  • (Schwager)
    • Final Draft Due Tuesday
  • (Reno)
    • ANI Chart (15 items per column)
      • Move as many of your Interesting items into the A and N columns
      • Select either A (Affirmative) or N (Negative)
      • Then sort those items according to kind (choose your three best groups)
      • If it will help, fill out pages 30-31 (PDF 40-41) in LTOW or Write out a sentence summarizing what each group shares in common (Proof)
    • Write an outline, perfectly following the one on page 32 (PDF 42) of LTOW.
    • Finally, do 6. Regrettable Sentences, pages 38-39 (PDF 48-49) in LTOW.

Wednesday, 1/30/13: Only Once You Laugh...then You Only Laughed On are

* Open
  • Pray
  • Memorization
* Nail down-copy you must

Cliché Play

*  Tools Lost You Have
  • Do "5. Practice" from paper pages 37-38 on paper or your iPad
*  Peer into Editing you must

HW:

(Schwager) Study for quiz you will
  • Terms
  • Grammar
  • Notes
(Reno) REVISED HW: Rather than do an entire outline, make sure your ANI chart has 15 Affirmatives, 15 Negatives, and 15 Interestings. Try to place each detail in separate groups (see Lesson Two Arrangement A: A Guide to Sorting, PDF page 23-24). We will then work on creating your outline during class.

Tuesday, 1/29/13: Grammar and RD

* Open

* Lost Tools Lesson 3
  • Review definition in seven steps: paper pages 27-28.  Let's consider Creon:
    1. State the subject or term:
    2. Groups:
    3. Most helpful group:
    4. Other members of this group:
    5. Shared characteristics, properties, etc. of this group:
    6. What makes our subject or term different than others:
    7. Define:
  • Review exordium

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