Prewriting & Writing

Routines & Habits

EN 102 WEEK 2

EN 102 PREWRITING

• Environment: Home v Elsewhere (Comfort level = Productivity)

• Foods, Drinks: Does this help maintain focus? Or a barrier?

• Expectations: Writing bit by bit, or all at once?

• Low lights, incense burning, music on, phone off… what do you

do to get in that “work” mood?

Reading

Info

Audience

Purpose

FirstDraft

Shape

Rhythm

Review Re-reading+Reshaping

EN 102 Process Flow

Ideas

Tone form

Written Text

TIME: OUR BEST FRIEND (?)

Think about your time usage: how long does it take?

Making dinner? Wash dishes? Eat a home cooked meal? Take a shower?

How long to form a new habit?

(Spending even 15 minutes a day helps maintain whatever practice we choose…)

CHANGING GEARS: CHAPTER ONE

Credibility

Teller

Story

“ARE FAMILIES DANGEROUS?”

• Go to page 37 in Between Worlds.

• Get into groups of 4 (as able).

• Reread the essay: designate a spokesman and a documenter.

• Answer the following questions: 1. What are the case studies Ehrenreich uses?

• 2. Test the credibility of the sources. What is the same/different about her examples?

• 3. State in one sentence the thesis of the essay.

• 4. What does Ehrenreich leave out of her argument?

Thing

More

One

With your groups, come up and grab two poems a piece--- as a group, do the

following:

1. Group images, repeating words, and

phrases

2. Separate images by sense, color, contrast

3. Ideas &

Shape

• What is a standout poem, in your opinion? Explain.

• Billy Collins “The Lanyard” and Philip Dacey’s “Coke” are ironic voices: does this diminish

the work, or enliven it? Explain.

• Janice Mirikitani’s “ Breaking Tradition” and Yusef Komanyakaa’s “Facing It” are quite

serious, somber: how is the tone established, sustained, & makes it effective?

• “Mr Z” and “Blue Spruce” are based on a male perspective: compare/contrast.

• Begin to choose which poem/poet you are interested in studying further. You will use this

for your poetry paper.

• Answer these questions and copy & paste/ attach to the BB page. 500 words minimum.

BETWEEN WORLDS POETRY… BRIEFING

Due 1/22/2012

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