In Week 7, our focus is tying up any loose ends that remain before your Midterm Exam.
Week 7
For Week 7 I’m leaving some time free for answering any questions students wanted to ask.
However, we also worked individually, and then in groups to compare notes, on an Editing Exercise. (A copy of the handout is below, in case you missed class and would like to try editing a problematic text.)
I talked a little bit about the editing process, and gave you some tips for high-pressure editing situations (like on a live exam).
Handouts for Lesson 1
Textbook Videos and Exercises for Week 7
There are no textbook-related videos or exercises in the textbook for Week 7!
Practice Paragraph for Week 7
This week is a great opportunity to practice the writing process you’re expected to demonstrate on the upcoming Midterm Exam. For this week, choose something “boring” that you can see wherever you’re reading this. If you’re in your bedroom, maybe choose your bookshelf, or a book on the bookshelf, or choose some other item in your room. If you’re in a coffeeshop, choose some item you can see, and so on.
Use the entire writing process we’ve studied, including the several steps involved in Brainstorming, Template Sentence Extraction (from any source), Paragraph Skeleton building, and then writing and editing) to write an interesting paragraph about this “boring” item.
When you’re happy with your paragraph, save it.
Non-Textbook Materials for Week 7
Unlike in most weeks, there’s no Non-Textbook video for Week 7. However, your Midterm Exam is already available, and I strongly recommend proceeding to the Week 8 folder to check the videos there.