Looking for Stories

The goal of any time we spend on grammar/punctuation is for you to have the opportunity to find and fix any weaknesses you have. We ALL have weaknesses -- professionals work to improve in those areas.

Any proofreading questions from yesterday's drafts? Proofreading advice: this weekend, after you've forgotten the paper, print it out and read it slowly OUT LOUD. This will help you see it with new eyes.

You correct your apostrophe quiz:  http://chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/apostrophes01.htm

 Let's talk quotation marks -- see handout. Go to Moodle for an exercise.

 Now, yesterday we discusses vivid words: how many ways are there to say "run"?

Go to Moodle, and find out how many words you know (sort of) and post in the forum.

Homework:

1. Be revise and then proofread your Ethics Narrative.  The final version is due Monday.

2. ON the apostrophe quiz, write which rule from the rule sheet handout that applies to the ones you missed.

3.  Do the quotation marks practice and print a hard copy for Monday.

4. Post in the Examples of Business Narratives in Moodle.

Draft Due

We talk about vivid writing.

You read each other's drafts.

Apostrophe quiz.

Homework:

1. Look at the feedback on your draft, and begin revising.

2. If you'd like Mrs. Loden's feedback, you can attach the draft to an email, or come by my office (126).

Composing Your Narrative

How did your apostrophe practice go?

Analyzing an ethical lapse-- see the video in our Moodle shell.

Now look at pages 90-93 in Bovee and Thill.

If there's time...how many words do you know?

Homework:

1. Work on the draft of your Ethics Narrative, due tomorrow. Have a hard copy ready for class.

Digging Into Narrative

We discuss Geoff Dyer's "My Secret Life of Crime."

Homework:

1. Begin writing your Ethics Narrative. Draft 1 is due on Thursday.

2. Complete the worksheet on possessive nouns for tomorrow.

Narrative = Telling Stories

What did you find for examples of poor business ethics?

Here's a collection of situations....
www.jeffreyseglin.com


We  discuss your next writing assignment -- and reading!

Homework:

1. Read Dyer's narrative. Be prepared to discuss in class.

2. Be thinking about what you can write your own narrative about.