Agenda: Week 4 (9/19 – 9/21)

Week 4: Drafting the Unit 1 Assignment

To Do Before Monday, 9/19:

• Read “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lourde.
• Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott.

In-Class Writing / Reading:

• TBD

To Do Before Wednesday, 9/21

• Review “Narrative Basic Features” Power Point by Laura Westengard.

In-Class Writing / Reading:

• TBD

To Do After Class:

• Review “Citation and Formatting Guide” (City Tech Library).
• Review “MLA Style Introduction” (Purdue OWL).
• Review “Writing Transitions” (Purdue OWL).
• Review “What’s a Paragraph?” by Carrie Hall.
• By Saturday, 9/24, please email me with something you have worked on for your Unit 1 Draft! This will not be graded, and does not have to be in any kind of good shape. It can be messy, just random ideas, bullet points, etc. Just send me something to show you have started.

Note: we do not have class on Monday 9/26. We will meet on Wednesday, 9/28.