I. Read both NY Times reviews. 1 page informal response.
Prompt:
1. Consider the angle taken by the reviewer you choose. What perspective or new idea does the writer attempt to bring to his review? What themes or ideas does each return to? Use evidence from the review to back up your claims.
2. What do you notice about how the reviewer begins his review. Why do you think he chose to do so? What is he seeking to accomplish with such a beginning?
II. We'll be writing 2 reviews over the next 2 weeks. The first will be some unique aspect of campus life that you observe and/or participate in. Be thinking of ideas, even and especially ones for things you could review that would make for good reviews but are out of the ordinary. For the second review, we'll choose as a class a text of some sort (movie, event, etc) that we will all review. Please be thinking about what that might be also.
Writer's Reflection Activity
1. With a Classmate's Essay
Reading both the first draft and this final draft, on a separate sheet of paper, comment about how your classmate's essay has changed / evolved over the course of the week.
How has the essay's structure, focus, ideas, etc changed?
What is the essay now "attempting" that it wasn't before?
How has the essay grown in its "attempt"?
What do you detect as changes in the writer's thoughts / thought-processes between the drafts?
What is new in the final draft that was not present in the first?
What has been cut from the first draft and is not present in the final?
Be specific -- use specific examples and quotations to back up your claims.
2. With Your Own Essay
On another piece of paper, do the same thing for your own essay, considering its evolution from first to final draft. Consider this your Editor's Notes.
What new ideas did you have and how did you incorporate them?
What did you learn about yourself and / or the writing process in completing this assignment?
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