Monday, Feb. 4 -- English 101

During Class:

• Freewrite on awards, recognitions, winning, & losing
• Intro. to portfolio 1.  See also chart below.
• Strategies for a response essay
• Sample Response essay
• Begin drafting response essay

Assignment to work on during class on Monday:
--Write a personal response to "Losing is Good for You."  You should be agreeing or disagreeing (or both) with the main idea(s) in the article. 
Due at start of class Tuesday:  1.5 pages minimum (draft plus freewrite).
Due at start of class Wednesday:  2 pages minimum just for draft.
(This response will later be expanded to 3+ pages). 
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Parking Lot:

• Strategies for Critical and Analytical Reading
• Discussion & additional annotations on "Losing is Good for You"
• Read "Stop Fighting Your Inner Critic" (handout) and annotate for discussion