HW: Final draft and final portfolio due at conference.
In class: Peer Editing
On the top of your draft,
number 1.___________, 2. __________, 3. _________, 4. _________
We'll pass the drafts around clockwise, so that they are each read 4 times, with each reader focusing on the following:
1) General proofreading, run-on sentences, etc.
2) Mark any and every place where the student needs a specific example, or could add another
3) in a good paragraph explain what you have written your own paper on. what is your simile? what major claims do you make? what insights have you found in your own writing? compare and contrast your paper with your classmate's.
4) in a good paragraph, summarize back to your classmate what you see as her/his major claims and or insights so far in this paper
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Class 12/9, HW for 12/12
HW: Rough draft due Mon 12/12; Final draft and complete portfolio due at Exam Conference time.
In class:
1. Writing Warm-Up: Of the articles and essays we read this semester, whose writing style did you enjoy, learn from, and/or seek to emulate? What did you learn from these writers? What were you able to apply in your own writing or writing process?
2. Discuss progress on final reflection writing
3. Time to write
Important Reminders:
1) The goal of this assignment is that you analyze your writing in an insightful and sophisticated manner. Making the comparison between your writing and something else (My Writing is Like___) is designed to help you achieve this goal.
2) To do this well -- you must include specific examples from your previous writing (i.e. Quote Yourself) -- that you then analyze toward the claims you make.
3) It may be helpful to make reference to other writer's we read, and what you learned and were able to apply to your own writing by reading them.
In class:
1. Writing Warm-Up: Of the articles and essays we read this semester, whose writing style did you enjoy, learn from, and/or seek to emulate? What did you learn from these writers? What were you able to apply in your own writing or writing process?
2. Discuss progress on final reflection writing
3. Time to write
Important Reminders:
1) The goal of this assignment is that you analyze your writing in an insightful and sophisticated manner. Making the comparison between your writing and something else (My Writing is Like___) is designed to help you achieve this goal.
2) To do this well -- you must include specific examples from your previous writing (i.e. Quote Yourself) -- that you then analyze toward the claims you make.
3) It may be helpful to make reference to other writer's we read, and what you learned and were able to apply to your own writing by reading them.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Class 12/7, Hw for 12/9
1. Student Evals
2. Final Reflection Assignment / Conference Sign-Up
3. Begin HW, classtime permitting:
HW:
Bring all portfolio material to class Friday.
Also, bring a 2-page write up of the following reflection:
Consider the major claim you make in your research paper (i.e. the point you argue). Now consider that your research paper is the culmination of assignments that we started in October, which included response papers, in-class discussions, a first essay on Carr or Sullivan, a careful research process including an annotated bibliography, and several drafts of a research paper. Working from beginning to end, tell, in a detailed way, the story of how you arrived at the major claim in your research essay. How did your idea take shape and get revised, and more nuanced over the course of the semester?
2. Final Reflection Assignment / Conference Sign-Up
3. Begin HW, classtime permitting:
HW:
Bring all portfolio material to class Friday.
Also, bring a 2-page write up of the following reflection:
Consider the major claim you make in your research paper (i.e. the point you argue). Now consider that your research paper is the culmination of assignments that we started in October, which included response papers, in-class discussions, a first essay on Carr or Sullivan, a careful research process including an annotated bibliography, and several drafts of a research paper. Working from beginning to end, tell, in a detailed way, the story of how you arrived at the major claim in your research essay. How did your idea take shape and get revised, and more nuanced over the course of the semester?
Monday, December 5, 2011
Mon 12/5. Hw for 12/7
1. Nuts and Bolts for Research paper Final Draft
2. Peer Editing.
HW:
1. Final draft of research paper due at the beginning of class Wednesday.
2. Bring all writing you have done in this class to class Wed, Fri, and Mon of next week. This includes graded copies and earlier drafts, hw assignments, reading responses, etc. Doing so will allow you to use class-time for completing your Final Writer's Reflection paper.
Nuts and Bolts:
*Make sure your paper has an interesting title. Your title should thoughtfully (cleverly) relate the major CLAIM you make in your paper. Often, difficulty titling a paper is a symptom of the writer not quite being clear enough about what he/she wants to claim in an essay.
*Include a Works Cited page. Note: This is separate from your annotated bibliography. A Works Cited page refers to all sources you actually make reference to in your paper, which means it may be slightly different than your annotated bib.
*Make sure all sources are properly cited in the body of your paper. Please ask if you have questions.
*Just like last time, I'll expect that you have edited your paper thoroughly for all small mistakes, including Run-On sentences and Sentence Fragments, and unnecessary use of "you."
*Make sure to adequately introduce, lead-in, and analyze any quotation you use. Make sure each quotation is as short as possible, and that it serves the argument you are making. If you have an important longer quote, consider paraphrasing (i.e. putting into your own words). *Note: if you paraphrase, you still must give credit to the source you are using, either in the body of the paper, or in a (parenthetical citation).
Peer-Editing:
1. Read your partner's paper. Mark any problems you find with the above "nuts and bolts."
2. Underline each place where the student-writer is making his/her own claim / presenting her/his own original thinking. In a paragraph, summarize to your classmate what you see as the most important original claims of the paper.
3. Count the number of sources represented. Are there at least 4? Are there potentially too many sources? Write a paragraph that explains how you see your classmate using her/his sources. Are there sources that are used too much? Are the sources your classmate might use more? *How are the sources helping the student-writer make her/his own claims?
4. Make a least a few meaningful suggestions for how the paper could be made even better / stronger / clearer for next time.
2. Peer Editing.
HW:
1. Final draft of research paper due at the beginning of class Wednesday.
2. Bring all writing you have done in this class to class Wed, Fri, and Mon of next week. This includes graded copies and earlier drafts, hw assignments, reading responses, etc. Doing so will allow you to use class-time for completing your Final Writer's Reflection paper.
Nuts and Bolts:
*Make sure your paper has an interesting title. Your title should thoughtfully (cleverly) relate the major CLAIM you make in your paper. Often, difficulty titling a paper is a symptom of the writer not quite being clear enough about what he/she wants to claim in an essay.
*Include a Works Cited page. Note: This is separate from your annotated bibliography. A Works Cited page refers to all sources you actually make reference to in your paper, which means it may be slightly different than your annotated bib.
*Make sure all sources are properly cited in the body of your paper. Please ask if you have questions.
*Just like last time, I'll expect that you have edited your paper thoroughly for all small mistakes, including Run-On sentences and Sentence Fragments, and unnecessary use of "you."
*Make sure to adequately introduce, lead-in, and analyze any quotation you use. Make sure each quotation is as short as possible, and that it serves the argument you are making. If you have an important longer quote, consider paraphrasing (i.e. putting into your own words). *Note: if you paraphrase, you still must give credit to the source you are using, either in the body of the paper, or in a (parenthetical citation).
Peer-Editing:
1. Read your partner's paper. Mark any problems you find with the above "nuts and bolts."
2. Underline each place where the student-writer is making his/her own claim / presenting her/his own original thinking. In a paragraph, summarize to your classmate what you see as the most important original claims of the paper.
3. Count the number of sources represented. Are there at least 4? Are there potentially too many sources? Write a paragraph that explains how you see your classmate using her/his sources. Are there sources that are used too much? Are the sources your classmate might use more? *How are the sources helping the student-writer make her/his own claims?
4. Make a least a few meaningful suggestions for how the paper could be made even better / stronger / clearer for next time.
Friday, December 2, 2011
HW: For Mon 12/5
Bring a complete draft of your research essay to class for peer review.
Final Draft due Wed. 12/7
Final Draft due Wed. 12/7
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