Today in class we read the title poem from The Rose that Grew from Concrete. It was the topic of the freewrite this morning.

We then took two "Sentence Punctuation" quizzes, reviewed the Essay 1 in SPHE. If a student didn't do well on the quiz, he or she should review the chapter and if necessary get additional assistance in the academic labs in the Learning Resources Center (LRC). I am also a resource, a finite one however (smile).

Homework is to bring the body paragraphs in electronically. If a student wants to complete the essay. Please do so. If you find it difficult, we will go over the introduction and conclusion in class tomorrow.

The essay is due electronically Monday morning, before class. Email the essay to me, paste and attach it. We will start Essay 2, Monday. Start the exercises this week.

It needs to be perfect. Make sure you get a proofreading sheet and a peer review sheet. Get someone in the Writing Center or a tutor or a classmate to review it for you.

The details are important. The MLA should be perfect. I am not kidding.

Weekend Cyber-Homework
Read the intro, preface and forward in Rose. Homework for Thursday, September 8, 2011, will be to summarize one of the three in a paragraph (5-10 sentences). Include one citation in the summary: a free paraphrase, a short quote or a block quote. Don't forget the works cited page.

In class tomorrow we will spend most of our time in groups discussing Holler, Chapter 1, using the Literature Circles handout as a guide. The freewrite will be Michael Jackson's song: "Heal the World."

Next week Monday-Tuesday, we will spend most of the class on Holler, Part 1, since we didn't get to talk much about it this week.