Extra Drafting time

1.      Journal- would you like to read a screenplay? (in class) Watch a movie? Which & why?

2.      What’s expected for the draft

a.      MLA Format

b.      Works cited

c.       First daft due Tuesday 10/17/17

d.      Final draft due Thursday 10/19/17

3.      What’s reliable & what’s not

4.      Next writing about literature, poems as practice, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest as subject

a.      The Mexican Cabdriver’s Poem for His Wife, Who Has Left Him by Martin Espada

b.      When the Mexican driver says his wife is “like the bridge….,”

c.       He means that….

d.      He means this because

5.      Time & grading

1) What’s the best that ever happened to you?

2)Research in the computer lab

1.      J- what is your problem going to be for the problem/solution essay?

2.      Practice plan

2.1.   Topic + plan: School food is overpriced

2.1.1.      Talk about me! Budget/food

2.1.2.      What’s overpriced? Research list

2.1.2.1.            Why its overpriced- chartwells

2.1.3.      Research other school’s prices/ explain

2.1.4.      What can I do?

2.1.4.1.            Bring own food

2.1.4.2.            Organize/petition

2.1.4.3.            Formal complaint

2.1.4.4.            What do others do/network

2.1.5.      Plan of action

2.1.6.      Rough draft due in MLA Format: 10/17/17