This is a brief overview of where you should be on Wednesday, January 22. It has been cross-posted to your Classroom Materials section and as an announcement on the Google Classroom stream. A third version was posted as a formal assignment: After you’ve reviewed this information, together with me in class or on your own, mark the assignment as done and continue with the writing work. You don’t need to create or attach any additional responses.
Brief Overview for Wednesday, January 22
You’ve read two nonfiction texts on the subject of akrasia — why we don’t follow through on our best intentions — and procrastination. A video based on the second nonfiction piece was given to clarify some of its concepts. You’ve examined those pieces through a worksheet, available in class and online, that invites process analysis and analysis of big ideas and essential questions.
You were then given a prompt to write a shorter essay about the big ideas and essential questions in the nonfiction. You were reissued the universal guide to writing for this. Peer-to-peer narrative feedback sheets were printed for use as you finish the writing, as well.
All other missing work from this quarter should be jettisoned in order to focus on this shorter essay. The only exception is if you have been reassigned the reader-response essay, in which case you should prioritize that work. We can edit and adjust expectations and deadlines through individual meetings.
Current Resources
Delineated below are the resources that are hyperlinked above:
http://sisypheanhigh.com/malachite/?p=2339 | Unit on Akrasia and Procrastination
https://tinyurl.com/sisyphus-writes | Universal Writing Process
https://tinyurl.com/scoreless-feedback | Peer Feedback Sheet
https://tinyurl.com/simple-analysis-01 | Text Analysis: Directions
https://tinyurl.com/simple-analysis-02 | Text Analysis: Online
https://tinyurl.com/simple-analysis-03 | Text Analysis: Offline
http://sisypheanhigh.com/malachite/?p=3714 | Reader-Response Updates and Feedback
http://sisypheanhigh.com/malachite/?p=3736 | Notes on Late and Missing Assignments