Today we workshopped our narrative essays, so if you missed class you are going to have to procure your own workshopping...don't forget to turn in your rough drafts with your final draft on Tuesday. Please staple or paperclip it all together!
Journal #12: Mid-Semester Reflection
We're almost halfway through the semester! Reflect on your process and progress in this class so far: where you were when you began, where you are now, where you'd like to be. What has been working well for you? Not so well? What can you improve? Where should you be proud of yourself? Write for 10 minutes.
Dictionary Word of the Day:
gregarious\grih-GAIR-ee-us\ , adjective;
1.Tending to form a group with others of the same kind.
2.Seeking and enjoying the company of others.
Quotes:
True locusts, which are actually certain kinds of grasshoppers, are usually solitary and rather sluggish, but when they are crowded they enter a gregarious and highly active migratory phase.
-- Gilbert Waldbauer, Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles
In the newly discovered gene, the change of a single unit of DNA converts the worm from a solitary forager into a gregarious diner.
-- "Can Social Behavior of Man Be Glimpsed in a Lowly Worm?", New York Times, September 7, 1998
My efforts to cultivate an identity as a strong silent type have consistently been undermined by my gregarious nature and my delight in conversation.
-- Marty Jezer, Stuttering: A Life Bound Up in Words
Origin:
Gregarious is from Latin gregarius, "belonging to a herd or flock," from grex, greg: "herd, flock."
Who can use this in a sentence? Post in comments...
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