Once Again

It always surprises me to come into a class full of people who have had a very long day and see the room light up with the energy that comes from sharing and learning. I think you are all on your way to seeing some amazing things happen with your writing.

Summary of Class Activities

Warm Up:
In your groups, research one of the the following topics and present a short report:
-Baltistan culture
-K2
-Karakoram
-Food from Northern Pakistan

A Word about Returned Papers

I was pleased with this fist batch of paragraphs. I liked how many of you tapped into your natural writing voices and picked out good details to support your main idea. My main suggestion for revisions is to keep working on maintaining your focus on your topic sentence and supporting this main idea. I labeled at least one grammar issue in each paragraph. Take this week to work with MyWritingLab on that one issue. Come to class with questions.

Reading Activity

Form your groups and work and provide a report of the first two chapters of the book. Your group findings need to include the following:

-3 words and their definitions (using clues from the book.)
-A sentence providing the main idea for chapter 1 and a sentence for chapter 2.
-2 surprising details.
-A paragraph capturing the overall impression the group had of the reading.

Homework

Revise the paragraphs I returned and bring a typed double spaced copy along with the original. Staple the new copy to the original.

Complete MyWritinglab assignments.

Read Chapter 3 of Three Cups of Tea.

Write a new paragraph describing a promise made that changed the course of your life. Bring a typed copy of this paragraph to class on Thursday.

Motivation in the beginning, middle, and end!