Jillian's Log

• - Notes cards were passed out and we filled them out for attendance

• - We read a poem at the start of class

• - Aakiem and Leo reviewed their log from last class

• - We then discussed Project 1:

• Went over the description of the project • Observed and reviewed the chart Mat made on our Project 1 Personal Narrative

• - We talked in depth about what a narrative is

• - For the purposes we are using the word “text” broadly as anything that has meaning

• - Contrary to what we had previously learned, in this personal narrative we are to use the personal pronoun “I”

• - If Mat was a high school teacher he would have “be definite, specific concrete”

• we should include as many definite, specific, and concrete details in our writing

• - Our personal narrative should center around only one event or text

• - An example of Subverting Genre:

• “I Once Was Ms. America” is a personal narrative but it was supposed to be a book review

- she summarizes Sweet Valley High

- includes her personal opinion

- however, she includes a lot of personal details that made is seem like a narrative

• - Mat encourages us to be creative and borrow from genres if we need to convey our message

• - From the Tips and Reminders section of Chart: 1

Text does not have to be written it can be anything that evokes meaning

• Don’t paint things with a broad brush, make your story really tell your story - Grading of Papers: When Mat is grading he is looking for the following:

• That we make decisions that serve our purposes

• We write for a real audience

• We revise

• Also, writing is a process, so is grading

• Mat emphasized that he is most interested in the exigence of our personal narrative

• - Look for sign ups on Mat’s blog for Project Revision with him but we also should send our drafts to our peer revision groups

• - We then did an in class writing activity

• - Aakiem presented a mini presentation on why drugs are a part hip hop culture

• - Mat dismissed Class

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