Today Kailin and I reviewed her first draft. Tiger Mother Draft 1 We began by talking about how the writing process went for her. She told me that she tried to begin with an outline and then write the essay, but … Continue reading
Today we discussed what Kailin thought of the articles she’d read regarding the Tiger Mom phenomenon. She was deeply affected because she is Chinese American and Amy Chua makes broad claims that do not apply to all Chinese Americans. Next … Continue reading
9/29/13: For this week’s meeting, Saraphin wrote a thoughtletter on the readings for her first paper. She told me that she had struggled with repetition and had left in a few of her repetitious sentences so that we could talk … Continue reading
In class on Monday, I pulled some sentences out of Delanie’s thought letter to work on clarity (eliminating some prepositional phrases and using specific language) and writing with an active voice. We also began making an outline for her first … Continue reading
Today I met with Maricruz to go over her intro paragraph and outline. I was very impressed by what she had written, and it seems as if she has a well thought out plan for the rest of the paper. … Continue reading
In my meeting with Delanie on Monday, she turned in a short paragraph that she wrote about a scene from Doctor Who (The Widow and the Wardrobe, 55:00). Her observations were great, and we edited some passive sentences and some … Continue reading
For this week’s meeting, Saraphin read excerpts from Sin Boldly and Bird by Bird and wrote a thoughtletter about the public reaction to the Boston Marathon bombing and acts of terrorism in general. We spent the majority of the meeting … Continue reading
This week I met with Maricruz to go over her thought letter and make sure she’s on the right track to start writing her first best effort. Her thought letter was not as “complete” as I would have expected, which … Continue reading
My classes with Delanie and Estefania were pretty similar this week. Since Delanie is working on representations of home in film, I showed her a memorable clip from Treme (here, if anyone’s interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt38De7v08k) and asked her to watch it a … Continue reading
9/15/13: Saraphin read the Alex Johnson reading and wrote a self assessment of herself as a writer for homework. She said that the reading resonated with her and that it helped her reflect on herself as a writer. The self … Continue reading