Corrections and Friday's Class

What I was listening to in lab today.

1) For those of you who were having trouble writing dialogue today, here is a better dialogue that shows conflict, action, and quotes that move the story froward:

              When I was eight, my father dragged me into my bedroom after I lit a folded pile of his shirts on fire. I sat on the edge of the bed, not looking up, my hands folded mannerly in my lap.
            “What’s wrong with you?” he asked.
            “Nothing,” I said.
            “You lit my shirts on fire, boy? Where’d you learn that?”
            “Daycare.”
            “What? Daycare? You learned how to light shirts on fire at daycare?”
            I froze and looked up the ceiling, trying to backtrack. I actually learned how to light matches by watching him light his pipe, but I couldn’t tell him that.
            “A kid brought matches one day. I told him matches were bad.”
            “I’m calling your daycare.”
            “No,” I said. Okay, I screamed it, and he scowled at me.
            “Tell me the truth, lad.”
            I took a deep breath and let is slide out: “I hate your shirts, Dad.”

  2) I have made a few corrections to the Memoir Schedule:

Week 4
Monday: see Blog.  Discuss Theme and  MLA Formatting
HW: Write Four Pages for your Peer Review
Wednesday: See Blog.  Peer Review of Paper
HW: Write Final Draft
Friday: See Blog.  Final Paper Packet Due.  Begin Project 2

Please note this on your schedule.

3) For Friday's Class, make sure you bring your two lab assignments.  You will receive your rough draft and your Mind Map next class so that you can get to work in writing your next rough draft which is due on Wednesday.