English 363 Conference Preparation Sheet #1

All conferences will be held in our usual classroom

What to Bring:
o All prewriting you’ve conducted to write your book review (work conducted so far)
o Your team’s Review of Literature Grid
o This sheet, completed BY YOUR GROUP (in other words, one per group; an incomplete
sheet can only receive a “C” grade).

Questions:
1. Review the prewriting you’ve collected. What strategies are you currently using? We call
these techniques “prewriting” whether you do them before or during the drafting process. Circle
the processes you currently use, and/or describe alternate processes you’ve used.

Idea generation or inscription:

Freewriting Brainstorming Listing Rhetorical Triangle

Other:

Idea organization:
Outlines Points-to-Make List Storyboard Clustering
Rough Plan Venn Diagram

Other:

Research:
Reading published texts Interviewing Conducting experiments
about your author/subject/book
(videos, articles, books, webpages, etc.) Reviewing model reviews

Other:
2. Did you create a work schedule for your group’s project? If so, list the milestones you
included. Have you met your deadlines so far? If not, what can you do in the coming weeks to
meet them?

3. Each student should write a paragraph to answer this question. Using bullet points or a
numbered list, describe your usual writing process below (just list the actions you take to
complete a writing assignment). Which prewriting, drafting, or revision strategies do you wish
you were using? Which strategies would you like to discuss and practice in a future class?

Student #1 (Name: ):

Student #2 (Name: ):

Student #3 (Name: ):