On Tuesday I had my students write one paragraph about the person whom they are getting to know. They must have one meeting/encounter with the person each week, and he/she must be different from the student in some racial, cultural, socio-economic, academic way. They all wrote focused paragraphs but tended to use general terms rather than concrete details; for example, this person "always" does such and such or "would" do something instead of giving a specific event which helped to support the topic sentence. I keep promising to bring in my cello to let them pick at it and play with it so they can understand some of the aesthetics of holding and playing an instrument as physical as the cello, an instrument that is held between the legs and is cradled in some way by the chest and upper body.
Most students were getting the grammar and thesis statements, but several were sick or late. These will inevitably be the students who won't be able to make it through a two course link that meets only twice a week for three hours.
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