12/14/13: Saraphin wrote the final draft of her third paper for this week’s meeting. She had revised it substantially and the result was a solid, well argued paper. I wrote her a reflection letter on the paper and we discussed … Continue reading
12/6/13: Saraphin wrote the first draft of her third paper for this week’s meeting. She had clearly done a lot of research and thinking and had written a solid first draft. She told me that she was just happy to … Continue reading
On the Monday before Thanksgiving, Delanie and I had a meeting that wasn’t originally scheduled, to catch up from her decision to change final paper topics. She wrote a thought letter about women in Norman Rockwell paintings and brought the … Continue reading
Kailin and I had a very productive class session today. We finished up Essay 2, fine-tuning verbs from passive voice/past tense to active voice/present tense, and making all the phrases as clear as possible–paying special attention to the concluding sentences … Continue reading
Today Kailin and I reviewed over the list of potential sources she had submitted this week for Essay 3. I was slightly disconcerted because the sources were web pages found through Google, not academic articles found through Wellesley SuperSearch. So … Continue reading
Today we began our discussion of Essay 3, the research essay, because I wanted to get a sense of what topics Kailin was potentially interested in researching. She is split because she’s really interested in Chinese American immigration, but she’s … Continue reading
11/24/13: Saraphin did research and planning for her third paper for this week’s meeting. She turned in a preliminary thesis and outline as well as some free writing on her chosen subject. She had changed her topic slightly since our … Continue reading
This week was a bit of a setback for both of my students. Delanie turned in a thought letter on Saturday for the paper she’d been planning since the beginning of the semester, about Orange is the New Black and … Continue reading
11/14/13: Saraphin turned in the final draft of her second paper for this week’s meeting. The paper was an improvement on her second draft, particularly in terms of argument clarity. After seeing that Kailin had been confused about her thesis, … Continue reading
11/10/13: Saraphin turned in the second draft of her second paper for this week’s meeting. The draft was an improvement over the first draft in terms of organization and clarity. We looked over my comments (there were fewer than usual … Continue reading