Hi Students,

I am reviewing your rough drafts for the Education Narratives & you should all have comments via Google doc. by this Thursday. (Oct. 8th). Then, you have a full week to revise the essay. This will be graded using the following rubric:

You will be graded on:

CONTENT (30%)

  • Your essay has an overall point.
  • Your essay focuses on either one event or a connected  series of events.

STYLE (30%)

  • You use concrete, significant details to paint a picture for your reader.
  • You have organized your paragraphs in a way that is purposeful: for example, perhaps you tell a story in chronological order, you chose to use flashbacks, or you organize the piece in some other way…

MECHANICS/ATTENTION TO DETAIL (30%)

  • You have proofread your document carefully.
  • You have paid attention to (and made your best effort with) grammar, spelling, and sentence structure that is appropriate to this genre (in this case,  academic writing)
  • You have used thoughtful and varied word choice as well as appropriate transition words and phrases

BASICS (10%)

  • Your word count is at least 1000 words!
  • Your final draft was submitted to OpenLab
    • you created a “post” with your name and “Education Narrative” as the title
    • you chose Week 8 as the “category”

If you have questions about your drafts as you revise, please make an appointment to see me (or come to office hours, which I hold every Wed. from 2-4pm).