Writing Week, Day 4: March 7, 2019

Focus: How can peer revision strengthen our writing?

1. Warming up with a quick explanation as to how our Monday coffeehouse reading will look like

• On MONDAY, you will have one minute to present part or all of your monologue. It should be well-read, but no memorization required.

• You must use the full minute, but how you divide your time is up to you. You could spend 30 seconds talking about your character, the process of researching this person, the process of writing about this person, what you've learned about empathy, etc., and then 30 seconds reading part of your monologue. Or, you could use the entire time to read your monologue.

• You must read at least a few lines from your monologue.

2. Exchanging drafts and revising them methodically by using these slides

3. Taking a quick picture of your peer editing and sending it to me

4. Conferencing with your partners in the last 5 minutes of class

NOTE: If your draft is not ready for editing today, you must use the above slides either to edit or your own or have someone else edit it. If you'd like credit for this, please send me a picture of the edited copy.

HW:
1. Prepare for your coffeehouse reading on Monday.

2. By TUESDAY: Complete our Gatsby opening survey! It will take you about 15 minutes. Click HERE for the link.