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
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
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
9/3/13: Saraphin and I met for the first time and discussed the layout and expectations of the course. She stated that she thought she was a good writer, but that she had put little effort into her first year writing … Continue reading
Haley, 5/10/13: Haley turned in the final draft of her third paper for this week’s meeting. She had changed it drastically to improve her structure and flow and, in doing so, had added many repetitive or awkward sentences. She stated … Continue reading
Maud, 5/4/13: Maud wrote the first draft of her third paper for this week’s meeting. She had changed her thesis slightly after realizing that she did not have enough evidence to support the original thesis. The new thesis was well … Continue reading
Student: Maud Muosieyiri TA: Lily Byerly 2013 Spring Final Assignment For your final assignment, I’d like you to rework one paper and two thoughtletters. You may use my reflection letters or comments on your drafts to guide your revisions. … Continue reading
Haley, 4/27/13: Haley wrote the first draft of her third paper for this week’s meeting. I had only required her to make an outline and do some preliminary writing, but she was motivated and decided to write a complete first … Continue reading
Maud, 4/20/13: Maud wrote the final draft of her second paper for this week’s meeting. The paper had a nice flow and a solid argument. It contained many sentence level issues, mostly concerning sentence structure and comma use. I sent … Continue reading
Maud and Haley, 4/13/13: I met with Maud and Haley together this week. They had both completed the second drafts of their second papers and sent them to each other and to me. I commented on both papers, but let … Continue reading