The police have arrested the responsible party for a man's murder. The man was found dead in his home on a Saturday morning after being killed while his wife was sleeping. The wife told the police what she knew - that the cook was cooking breakfast, the maid was cleaning, and the butler was getting the mail at the time. The police have determined who is responsible based on the wife's statement about what each staff member was doing when the man was killed.

1. EWRT 1C
Class 37
A man is found dead one
Saturday morning. He was
killed while his wife was
sleeping. The wife tells the
police all that she knows.
She tells them that the
cook was cooking
breakfast, the maid was
cleaning, and the butler
was getting the mail. The
police immediately arrest
the responsible party.
Who is responsible and how
do you know?

2. AGENDA
 Writing Workshop:
Essay # 2
 You need two
copies of your
essay for this
exercise.

3. Writers: On the back of the drafts you
brought for your readers, answer these
two questions:
1. Purpose: Here is what I hope to accomplish with my
readers:
1. Problem: Here is what I see as the single most
important problem with this draft; please keep this in
mind as you read through my paper:

4. Distributing your papers
Pass your papers to me. I will
pass them to readers so that
you get two responses to
your essay. When you
complete your first response, I
will give you a second essay
to read. This will ensure that
each person gets at least
one complete review. The
goal is respond to the
guideline prompts without
asking any questions of the
writer.

5. Directions
 Please read the writer’s answers to the
two questions we began with.
 Please follow the guidelines on the
handout.
 Respond thoroughly, but keep in mind
that the goal is to respond to two essays if
you can.
 You may return the essay with your
comments at the end of class.

6. Homework
Read Balaev’s
“Trends in
Literary Trauma
Theory”
Post # 26: QHQ
Bloom or Balaev
Essay #2