2/08/08 Summary and Sayback Discussion

During the last class, we read the summary and sayback and really tried to make sure that we understood the difference between the two concepts. We then read our pieces aloud and after we had read them, we used the concepts of summary and sayback to give the person comments. After each person read their piece, we would summarize it and then ask the author questions which sometimes they could not answer. This would then be helpful to them because it gave them new ideas too think about if they were writing a story, or in Elizabeth's case, something she didn't think about when writing her poem.
Barbara continued with her children's story, Katie continued with her short story, Sam began a short story relating to the book she is reading, and Elizabeth wrote a poem to experiment with rhyming. As a group we did not modify the meeting guidelines since they worked well for us, but a significant moment for us was when we listened to the short story that Sam wrote (which was about the last people on earth) and discussed what we think life would be like if we were the only ones left. In our next meeting we are looking forward to the progress of the short stories. Each time we hear something new it is like a new chapter so it keeps us waiting to hear more. Overall, the L.A.D.I.E.S. had a nice meeting.