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Hi Everyone:
Hi Everyone:
Our next class—Thursday—is an important one. It is where you will “test drive” your rough draft with an actual audience. To do so, we will workshop the drafts, having your peers read them and offer commentary.
The initial plan, of course, was to have the workshop in our actual classroom. Instead, you will have more freedom to complete the exercise--there will be no "formal class" tomorrow. This is an approach that will require added responsibility on your part—and some extra reaching out on mine—so let’s go over the details carefully.
First, you will all be placed on a team. Please note your teammates here:
Team One: Christina, Luis, Wendy
Team Two: Yesenia, Edwin, Stephani
Team Three: Mai, Jose, Hannah
Team Four: Adriana, Lara, Liliana
Team Five: Alma, Alfredo, Anna
Come to the classroom on Thursday as normal. Find your teammates, and select a location outside of the room to meet. Once you are there, sit down, and make sure everyone has a copy of each other’s papers. Then, complete the “Workshop” exercise (this is in the course reader). Follow the directions carefully, as they are designed to maximize the potential of the experience. Then, once you are all done, go start work on revision and making it into a final draft...
Please note: if you have email addresses and/or know all of the people on your team already, you are free to set up your meeting time that way, and do not even need to come to the classroom. However, this will only work if everyone on your team is included.
On Tuesday, when you bring in your Final Draft, you will also need to bring the two copies of your Rough Draft to turn in, so I can get a sense of how the workshop went.
Now, for my part in this approach, I am going to do something I don’t normally do...but since we are approaching this differently, I am trying this out. At some point over the weekend, please email me your rough draft. I will read everyone’s draft, and send some general comments (I won’t be line-editing) by Monday morning. In the email when you send the draft, please also write a few sentences about the workshop experience.
So, to sum up—we are not having a formal class meeting on Thursday—instead, you will set up a meeting with your group. I will not be on campus tomorrow.
While we are all still just getting to know each other, I would like to take a moment to address the fact that I had to let out one class early last week, and now will be taking this unique approach to our class tomorrow. I really don’t want people to get the wrong idea—our class time is valuable, and I respect all of our sessions. It is not the norm that class is like this, so I sincerely hope you do not get the wrong idea. In the coming week, the issues that are causing me to adjust my approach a bit will be resolved, so I look forward to diving in full-force when we return next week.
In particular, our second paper is going to be an exciting opportunity to share our thoughts on not only the election, but the way elections are run. I can’t wait to read what you come up with for that one!
Please feel free to email me with any questions at all. Thank you again.
The initial plan, of course, was to have the workshop in our actual classroom. Instead, you will have more freedom to complete the exercise--there will be no "formal class" tomorrow. This is an approach that will require added responsibility on your part—and some extra reaching out on mine—so let’s go over the details carefully.
First, you will all be placed on a team. Please note your teammates here:
Team One: Christina, Luis, Wendy
Team Two: Yesenia, Edwin, Stephani
Team Three: Mai, Jose, Hannah
Team Four: Adriana, Lara, Liliana
Team Five: Alma, Alfredo, Anna
Come to the classroom on Thursday as normal. Find your teammates, and select a location outside of the room to meet. Once you are there, sit down, and make sure everyone has a copy of each other’s papers. Then, complete the “Workshop” exercise (this is in the course reader). Follow the directions carefully, as they are designed to maximize the potential of the experience. Then, once you are all done, go start work on revision and making it into a final draft...
Please note: if you have email addresses and/or know all of the people on your team already, you are free to set up your meeting time that way, and do not even need to come to the classroom. However, this will only work if everyone on your team is included.
On Tuesday, when you bring in your Final Draft, you will also need to bring the two copies of your Rough Draft to turn in, so I can get a sense of how the workshop went.
Now, for my part in this approach, I am going to do something I don’t normally do...but since we are approaching this differently, I am trying this out. At some point over the weekend, please email me your rough draft. I will read everyone’s draft, and send some general comments (I won’t be line-editing) by Monday morning. In the email when you send the draft, please also write a few sentences about the workshop experience.
So, to sum up—we are not having a formal class meeting on Thursday—instead, you will set up a meeting with your group. I will not be on campus tomorrow.
While we are all still just getting to know each other, I would like to take a moment to address the fact that I had to let out one class early last week, and now will be taking this unique approach to our class tomorrow. I really don’t want people to get the wrong idea—our class time is valuable, and I respect all of our sessions. It is not the norm that class is like this, so I sincerely hope you do not get the wrong idea. In the coming week, the issues that are causing me to adjust my approach a bit will be resolved, so I look forward to diving in full-force when we return next week.
In particular, our second paper is going to be an exciting opportunity to share our thoughts on not only the election, but the way elections are run. I can’t wait to read what you come up with for that one!
Please feel free to email me with any questions at all. Thank you again.
All the best,
Bob
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