Second Group Meeting

For our second group meeting we retreated to the library once again, only to find all of the comfy chairs occupied. We managed to grab a table in the library though, which was probably more conducive to our task of the day. First, we read the Points of Gravity exercise, and then the accompanying essay ( I forget the name of it, but it was the one arguing that Ebonics should be taught in school). The topic of the essay arouse a brief discussion, as we all strongly disagreed with the argument presented in the essay. The majority of the points of gravity we established were based on the arguments that we most strongly disagreed with. The activity inadvertently showed us that it is difficult to critique the work of an author when their piece evokes such strong feelings. We then moved on to our own revised work, and tried the activity with them. Our whole group found Aaron's object story very interesting, so we ended up spending a good amount of time talking about the Point's of Gravity in his story, and discussing how he could emphasize these points in his next draft. Overall, our group meeting was productive and fun! Next time I hope to discuss a potential group read.

Nicole

First Group Meeting!

Report on our first meeting: For our first group meeting we headed to the peace and quiet of the library. On the comfy chairs we read each of our "object" pieces out loud, and exchanged objects and pictures of objects. The stories behind some of the objects were both interesting and funny. The range of objects and their significances was pretty large, which was cool. Next we took a few minutes to fill out our metaphor/goals/support sheets. We exchanged them and copied everybody's information down like we were supposed to. Some examples of things I thought I could do to help my group members: Ask Aaron about his reading to make sure he was reading a lot, read Allison's dialogues out loud to help her with the dialogues she wants to write this semester, and memorize Nicole's entire schedule to keep her on task. Overall our first meeting was a success and I think we all hope to continue having equally good meetings each rotation.

Matt