1. WRITING 2
HW: I WILL COLLECT YOUR PICTURE DESCRIPTIONS (ALL
STUDENTS) AND
RESTAURANT PARAGRAPHS (GROUP 2).
PLEASE KEEP YOUR TOEFL OUTLINES FOR PEER REVIEWING.
IECP, Fall 2012, Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
 Peer editing (TOEFL)
 Introduction to process writing
 Introduction to blogging
 Blog set up

3. Warm up

4. TOEFL Peer Editing
 Complete the checklist for your partner.
 Re-write any of your own sentences that need
to be improved (I will collect your sentences
today.)
 Choose the group’s best thesis + 3 topic
sentences to share with the class.

6.  Read + Discuss
 1) How many steps are there in this excerpt (part)?
 2) Which transitions are used?

7. Model Process Paragraph
 Read the example on pg. 95
 Discussion – answer the questions about the
model with your partner

10. Process Writing
 Process paragraph topic sentences (pg. 96)
 Practice 1 ( one a piece of paper to be
displayed with the document reader)

11. Blogging
 What is a blog? Example
 Why blog in writing class?
-share ideas (posting and commenting)
-have a real audience in mind
-create an electronic portfolio of your writing

12. Class Blog Website:
http://fall12wr2a.blogspot.com/ (Writing 2A)
http://fall12wr2c.blogspot.com/ (Writing 2C)
Creating your own blog:
1) Go to www.blogger.com
2) Sign in with your Google account (if you already have one) OR create a blog without
a Google account by clicking “get started”.
3) Make the title of your blog your firs t na m e ’s (o r wha t y o u p re fe r to be c a lle d ) Blo g
Examples: Nikki’s Blog or Sultan’s Blog
4) Make your blog’s address your firs t na m e + fa ll1 2 wr2 a (2 As tud e nts ) o r firs t na m e +
fa ll1 2 wr2 c (2 C s tud e nts )
Examples: nikkifall12wr2a OR nikkifall12wr2c
5) W RITE DOW your username, password, and blog address so you do not forget
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them.

13. 6) Email me your blog address after you have set up your blog. My
email address is nla12@psu.edu
Example: If I were sending myself my blog address, I would email
http://nikkifall12wr2a.blogspot.com
to nla12@psu.edu.
7) Choose a template (design) for your blog.
8) Your first assignment is to complete the "Try it Out" writing on pg. 6 of
your textbook and post it to your blog. This should be completed and
published by 12:00 (2A students) or 3:45 (2C students).
9) Make sure to click “publish” after you create a post.

14. 2A Computer Labs
 Polluck 201 (131 computers)
 Thomas 424 (11 computers)
 Boucke 103 (37 computers)
 Take a buddy who is good with technology!

15. 2C Lab
 007 Life Sciences

16. HW
 8) Your first assignment is to complete the
"Try it Out" writing on pg. 6 of your textbook
and post it to your blog. This should be
completed and published by 12:00 (2A
students) or 3:45 (2C students).