Introduction to Composition Spring 2018

                        Reflections W elcome back  to class. Hope you had a good weekend. Today we'll review use of summary and of quotation in writing about what others have written.  We'll spend time on verb use, too.  A short "midterm" composition will be required of you after break. I'll give you the topics before break; that way, your brain will go to work while the rest of you is resting :). --------------- I do hope you brought the summary and response to Sandra Cisneros's story "Eleven," and a news article or story, as assigned.  Each counts towards your homework p...

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day–like writing a poem or saying a prayer. What matters is that one be for a time inwardly attentive.   –Anne Morrow Lindbergh, b.1906 Good day, to you all.  Hope you are well. T oday we will  start by reviewing assigned readings (Cisneros's "Eleven"), how to read critically ( Mosaics  chapter 2) the narratives you were to practice for essay 3 and the  grammar of verbs, sentence punctuation, and use of quotations.   We will get through as much as we can, including the summary work described as homework last week. The midterm essay composition is now scheduled for next week. -------------- There are modes of developing and arranging information, and we have looked closely at two thus far: narration and description.  Several other commonly used mo...

  Blue and Black , by Lee Krasner (1908-1984) Good day, to you all.  Hope you are well. T oday we will  start by looking at past work and then to the narrative work you were to get started on for essay 3.  This means we will spend a little bit on last week's blog post, which we had no time for in class.  We will review the  grammar of verbs, sentence punctuation, and use of quotations.   We will get through as much as we can, including the use of apostrophes!, reserving the final draft of summary work described as homework below to next week's classwork. Your narratives (essay 3) are due in class this week or next, as you like.  We are scheduled for a very short midterm essay next week in the latter half of class, but I may push that to week 6. Here's a link to a piece on storytelling–spoken word–that contains points that apply to the writing of stories, too.   ---------------------- Home...