Monday, April 14, 2003

Travelogue...................(E period ). This essay, much like the pieces in A Woman’s Passion for Travel, will not be a mere re-hash of your day in Philadelphia, although as a travel piece, it will include lots of travel details for your reader. Rather, it will be a thoughtful reflection about your experience in Philadelphia, a public reflection that will be true to you and to all readers. Think about “Looking for Abdelati” as a first model. Your pre-writing and composing will need to lead you to an opening sentence / opening idea like Shaffer’s. Somewhere within the travelogue essay you will need to include: 1) details of places visited, 2) at least one extended piece of description, 3) focus on the people with whom you interacted, including conversation. These will be due during the first half next week, from Monday at 8.00 pm until Wednesday night at 11.00 pm. You will determine your deadline.   Week of 4.14.03 – First Class Session – A Writing Lab.   Open TravelNotes-Lastname.doc and work therefrom. When class block comes to conclusion, paste your day’s work in the “comment” section of today’s weblog. Examine openings from A Woman’s Passion for Travel. Recall that the first paragraph of your piece, or at least the thesis/heart of that paragraph, will probably not the first composed. It needs to be, however, the last one revised. As you write, be open for the key to your piece presenting itself to you (from the right side of your brain). Focus on description. To begin, consider what you take as a particularly rich moment, and compose a paragraph of pure description (see sample). The focus on detail may also help you mind see your main point. Compose – feel free to begin in the middle. Post work as day’s end. Be sure PJC has your deadline. Adhere to it.                  (Period E) 2:04:12 PM    comment []

Travelogue...................(E) This essay, much like the pieces in A Woman’s Passion for Travel, will not be a mere re-hash of your day in Philadelphia, although as a travel piece, it will include lots of travel details for your reader. Rather, it will be a thoughtful reflection about your experience in Philadelphia, a public reflection that will be true to you and to all readers. Think about “Looking for Abdelati” as a first model. Your pre-writing and composing will need to lead you to an opening sentence / opening idea like Shaffer’s. Somewhere within the travelogue essay you will need to include: 1) details of places visited, 2) at least one extended piece of description, 3) focus on the people with whom you interacted, including conversation. These will be due during the first half next week, from Monday at 8.00 pm until Wednesday night at 11.00 pm. You will determine your deadline.   Week of 4.14.03 – First Class Session – A Writing Lab.   Open TravelNotes-Lastname.doc and work therefrom. When class block comes to conclusion, paste your day’s work in the “comment” section of today’s weblog. Examine openings from A Woman’s Passion for Travel. Recall that the first paragraph of your piece, or at least the thesis/heart of that paragraph, will probably not the first composed. It needs to be, however, the last one revised. As you write, be open for the key to your piece presenting itself to you (from the right side of your brain). Focus on description. To begin, consider what you take as a particularly rich moment, and compose a paragraph of pure description (see sample). The focus on detail may also help you mind see your main point. Compose – feel free to begin in the middle. Post work as day’s end. Be sure PJC has your deadline. Adhere to it.                  (E) 8:29:17 AM    comment []

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