Reflection 2/25
Today in class with Chimuanya we reviewed the first draft of her essay. First I asked her how she felt about her first draft. She responded that she felt her beginning was strong, but by the end had “run out … Continue reading
Today in class with Chimuanya we reviewed the first draft of her essay. First I asked her how she felt about her first draft. She responded that she felt her beginning was strong, but by the end had “run out … Continue reading
This week Sophie and Cheryl were given short writing exercises (2-3 pages) to identify an argument in an assigned reading and explain whether they agreed or disagreed with the author. Cheryl’s assignment was well-organized, which was a huge improvement over … Continue reading
Monday, February 18 Because Chimuanya had three other essays to write for her other classes, I extended the deadline for her first draft. Today in class we reviewed her outline thus far, refined her thesis statement, looked for examples in … Continue reading
Maud, 9/23/13: For this meeting, Maud wrote a thoughtletter about the articles for her first paper. The thoughtletter was much better than her last one in terms of grammar and sentence clarity. She stated that she had worked hard on … Continue reading
2/19/13: Ashley Iguina Ashley and I met later than usual on Tuesday to accommodate for the Monday schedule. I was thrilled to see her come to class with the short story that I assigned highlighted, underlined, and with her comments … Continue reading
Last week Shruthi sent me multiple emails: first, how she had mistaken the deadline for the essay (even though it is clearly written on the syllabus and the assignment sheet I’d given her); then, she sent me an email asking … Continue reading
This week I asked Cheryl and Sophie to read chapter 3 of Williams’ Sin Boldly and an article by Maria Popova on various famous writers’ writing processes. I then assigned a 2-3 page thoughtletter in which they were asked to … Continue reading
Qi Wu: Meeting on Monday, February 11 I started my meeting with Qi by reiterating what Professor Lederman told me about her ESL-related questions, mainly that her concerns about articles and word choice rarely interfered with the meaning of her … Continue reading
Maud Muosieyiri, 2/16/13: I started this week’s meeting with Maud by going over her thoughtletter on excerpts from Sin Boldly and Allyn and Baker. She reported that it had been difficult to write, but her thoughts and organization were strong. … Continue reading