Today in class students got together in groups to talk about Evolution of a Revolutionary. We then talked about the first big essay, one of four (smile). Students were not clear on the topic or on the question they'd like their essay to answer.

I suggested using topic of Nature vs. Nurture, using Afeni's evolution into a revolutionary consciousness as the theme. Use this theme develop an essay question, you'd like to answer. The essay, as with all essays is between 3-4 pages long. The 4-6th pages are the works cited and bibliography.

Students can iincorporate one citation per page. Use 1 free paraphrase, 1 direct quote and 1 longer quote or block quote.

I would like all the citations to come from Evolution. Put the supplementary documents in a bibliography. In class Tuesday, tomorrow, students will find a scholarly article that supports their thesis and a book review or author biography for Shakur and Guy. Students can look up all three, if they desire. Do not cite from these documents. Read them for background and note them in the bibliography.

I gave students a lot of worksheets: IPS, Spider Maps, Outline and Bubbling Maps, plus a Narrowing one's topic sheet. Homework is to bring in a completed IPS. Tomorrow students will share and then write an introductory paragraph.

Utilizing templates from They Say, I want students to actively acknowledge what is being said, before they offer their analysis: agreement or disagreement. We will look at this more tomorrow.

We will meet in A-232 all this week, unless someone books the room and we have to return to A-202 (smile).

Bring all of your books to class daily.

If students have not completed the reading, do not come to class. We will be sharing IPSs and seeing how They Say fits into the writing process for this essay.

If students do not have their materials, you will not be able to complete the class. Buy your books. I am not accepting any late papers.

If anyone wants to write the entire paper, you can. Wednesday the first fast draft is due to share. I also want a completed works cited and bibliography attached. The final draft is due Thursday in class electronically.

We will have the peer reviews Thursday. We will meet daily in A-232, unless the classroom is booked.

We will start Dyson on Monday. Bring the book to class. Read the preface and introduction. Also, read the preface and forward to the Rose book this weekend as well.