Today's activity Write a paragraph or two

Goal work in small groups
Everyone should participate
People have different roles
Watch and learn new strategies for writing by observing your group members



Content of the paragraph is a comparison of
some SMALL idea in the to papers

Roles
scribe
word smith
researcher
reader
spokesperson



Process
Go over the papers.
identify what idea you'll write about? (brainstorm?)
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Gather material to write about
	Is the idea small enough (you only have a paragraph or two).
	what does paper 1 say about this idea
	what does paper 2 say about this idea
	What do I think about this idea
	do they agree, or disagree, or agree somewhat but have subtle differences
list examples to support from the papers
what other ideas from elsewhere might be useful
		write them down
what kind of argument will you make?
	One paper is more convincing
	Neither paper is convincing
	The idea has universal truth
	The reasoning in one or both of the papers is flawed (why?, what consequences does this have)
	One paper has bias because ...
	other choice of your own devising
Outline the parts you will write
Write a draft
spell check it
Read it out loud
Wordsmith -- make what is written more effective
get some outside advice or opinion
make a final version