For Monday, Sept 21st, you should have turned in your rough draft. Rough Draft assignment is the blog post below this one.
Due by noon Weds, Sept 23
READ: DePeter, Ron. “How to Write Meaningful Peer Response Praise” DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP! We will discuss this in Weds class, but more importantly, it will have a big impact on how you respond to your partner’s essay.
https://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/depeter-write-meaningful-peer-response-praise.pdf
READ: assigned peers’ essays including their Reviewer’s Memo at the end of the draft.
Partners: Daziah and Hasani. Zainab and Mian. Yadira and Carmen. Esther and Jenny. And because we have an uneven number of drafts, Michelle– read Amatul, Amatul read Ninmah, and Ninmah read Michelle!
If you did not write a rough draft, you can still do this assignment– do the reading and comment on someone who does not have a comment yet. (using the instructions below)
WRITE: Comment on your partners’ draft, using the following instructions: Remembering what DePage says about positive peer response, do these two things to respond to your peers’ Drafts:
- Make notes as you go – things you really liked, places where you wanted to ask questions either about what they’re saying or what else you would like to know. Then, write a comment (make sure you post it as a comment on their draft) with a letter to them that tells them your thoughts on the essay. Here are some prompts for the kinds of comments you can leave:
- I liked ( ) because …
- I got this from reading your work:
- I found this part interesting ( ) because…
- I got confused here ( ) because…
- I wanted to know more about ( )because… This one is especially important! Many of your essays are pretty short. It will help the writer to know where you, the reader, want to know more!
Please DO NOT: try to rewrite the essay for the writer. This is their project, not yours! Don’t correct grammar (often grammar corrections are wrong!) Please do not be overly critical. It’s also not super helpful to be vague (“I liked it”). Remember, your job is to help the writer write a better essay– not to make them feel good– and CERTAINLY not to make them feel bad!
2. At the very end, leave an overall comment where you include at least one key quote that stands out to you. Respond to the quote explaining why you chose it. It will be very important to pick an appropriate quotation to respond to — one that expands on your comment so that the writer can get a good idea what your comment meant.
PS: Make sure you post this as a COMMENT on your partner’s post. There is a comment button right under the title of each blog post. If you are having a hard time watching it, watch THIS 30 second video.
Due by Noon Friday, Sept 25 : Essay One Due.
Post to Open Lab!! You will post this in the same way you post Homework (as a blog post or an attachment– click Unit 1. Please give your essay a title. Along with this title, please write “FINAL” in the Subject heading.
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