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.