This document provides the agenda and goals for a writing class week. It includes: 1) Having students continue working on their blogs, adding support to their writing in the "they say/I say" format on various platforms. 2) Discussing the importance of strong introductions in academic writing and comparing the role of an academic writer to other roles like politicians, teachers, or doctors. 3) Assigning homework of reading a paper by Miller and Parker, and reminding students to continue posting writing assignments to their websites.

1. Asserting your own
voice
W R I T I N G I V
(HE285)
Prof. Dr. Ron Martinez
drronmartinez@gmail.com

2. Goals for the week
• Start your blogs
• Continue with notion of “they say/I say”
adding support
• Extend the notion of “support” using a digital
platform

3. LET’S CHECK THE CHECKLIST...
• What you should have written so far:
• A text about yourself
• A text responding to the two Zika articles
• A text responding to a current events article

4. Today’s agenda
• Consider the importance of the introduction
• Give out sites to all students
• Begin to post on sites, including bio, text
responding to Zika, and the latest text
• Consider your latest homework, in light of the
discussion around the introduction sectio
• Try to add multiple kinds of support
• HOMEWORK: Miller & Parker paper

5. Discuss: Who can an academic writer
be compared to?
• Politician?
• Salesperson?
• Teacher?
• Firefighter?
• Doctor?
• Lecturer?
• Architect?
• Other?

8. • Arguably the most important section in an
essay.

9. Student Examples

11. Your Websites!

12. HOMEWORK
• Please read Miller & Parker paper! (available
on our class website)