Note: I drafted this but neglected to post it Thursday–oops. I’ve updated it with the work we actually did in class, so it’s more or less what’s on the “Chalkboard” Doc.

We’ll start class today with a freewrite. What advice has the reading you’ve been doing about book clubs offered you as you think about how to run your own?

Once you’ve finished select some or all of your best advice and paste it here. There are a lot of great comments in Hypothes.is for both peer-reviewed readings. Hopefully we’ll get to look at it.

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One place our conversation in class led us was to thinking about the list as a possible form for our Essay 2s. This led to a quick, impromptu lesson on form and structure. Much of what ended up on the board is captured here. If I missed anything add it in the reply section:

• Paragraphs have topics and evidence (“whats”) as well as analysis and opinions (“so whats?”)
• Structurally, paragraphs often express their topic in the first sentence, often a claim
• Structurally, paragraphs ‘set up’ evidence with summary and cite it
• Structurally, paragraphs analyze and discuss evidence –> This is NOT a paraphrase
• Analysis is a series of arguments about the parts of the evidence (ie: words)
• Analysis all should tie back to the claim in the topic sentence, & to the thesis 

Lists do the same thing as paragraphs (express analysis & opinions supported by evidence) — but differ in their form, phrasing, and visual presentation as we’ll see Tuesday.

In addition to all this, we also did a Essay 1 Paragraph revision activity.