Workshop Review

You are to review your partner's essay:

1. Read it
2. Circle all of the verbs and verb constructions.
3. Write a brief paragraph describing the ways in which the verb constructions operate within the form of the essay.
4. Write your name at the top of the first page of your partner's essay.
5. Return to your partner no later than Thursday (4/19) afternoon.
6. Your partner will return your edited version of his or her essay to you at the beginning of class on 4/20.
7. You will turn the edited version of your partner's essay along with your completed essay 4/20.

Notes:

Take special care when reading your partner's essay; during the week of workshop you will be required to introduce your partner's work and to lead a class discussion about the work. You are expected to keep discussion on track, notify the participants of the time, and have a prepared list of questions about the essay to ask the class.

Workshop is not an option, but a requirement of the course.

If you chose not to read your peers' work, DO NOT COME TO CLASS. If you have nothing to say or to offer that could contribute to the improvement of your peers' work, DO NOT COME TO CLASS. If you have "nothing" to say DO NOT COME TO CLASS.

Your silence or your "un-preparedness" can only be construed as disrespect for the work of classmates: a symptom one will understand needs to be quarantined; and one will therefore chose to recluse oneself until the affliction has been remedied, or be asked to leave by the instructor.

Shyness or a dislike for speaking in front of groups of people is to be combated by submitting response comments of no less than two hundred (200) words under all the workshop participant's entries on the blog BEFORE THE AFTERNOON of the workshop.

A dean's note or permission from the instructor are the only "excused absences" from workshop . Therefore, commenting on the blog is not a replacement for participation in the workshop. Even though you may have commented on the blog, you must attend class.

An unexcused absence from each workshop is an irretrievable loss of five (5) percent of your overall grade.