This document contains the agenda and notes for an EWRT 1C class. The agenda includes reviewing the prompt for Essay #2, revising thesis statements, and ways to structure the introduction. Students will analyze one of four short stories provided and write a 4-7 page thesis-driven essay. The prompt encourages using critical lenses studied in class. Notes cover reviewing thesis statements with peers, writing a directed summary for the introduction that states the title, hooks the reader, briefly summarizes while assuming familiarity, uses transitions, and includes the thesis. The class will also review for Exam #1 on short stories, poems, and literary theories covered in classes 1-16 in preparation for the exam.