Monday, November 26, 2007
Count Down
This morning the class was small (8 students), but we got a lot done. We discussed inductive and deductive arguments based in an analysis of four of Tupac's poems: My Dearest One!!, If There Be Pain..., Things That Make Hearts Break, and Black Woman.
The corresponding pages in Hacker are: "Testing inductive argument" on page 361, and "Deducing conclusions (deductive reasoning)" on page 363. Students were told to read the entire chapter. I am going to show you the argumentation video tomorrow in the Writing Center. We will meet here for the rest of the week. (Keep reading Afeni.)
Bring in your essays if you'd like feedback tomorrow. The final draft is due Wednesday, Nov. 28 for a peer review. The final draft is due to me, Thursday, Nov. 29on a disk or CD. I'd like your planning sheet and outline, plus at least one peer review based on the handout I gave you last week (see Hacker pages 26-27. If you do not have all these parts you will loose points on the essay.
The grading will be based on the following:
The essay writing: 65 percent
essay structure and organization: introduction, body and conclusion
clearly stated thesis,
topic sentences,
evidence
Research 15 percent
How well does the student know the topic
How sound is the research
Use of signal phrases
paraphrases
block quotes
Grammar 15 percent
Syntax and mechanics
I am particularly looking at dependent and independent clauses; fused sentences, comma splices, subject verb agreement, pronoun reference agreement in gender and count, spelling and misuse of words
A way to avoid this is to read the paper aloud before you turn it in
Supplementary documents: 5 percent
Essay Planning Sheet
Essay outline
Peer review or review of essay by a teacher/tutor in the Writing Center.
What the tutor/teacher recommends is just that, a recommendation. Take what you agree with and leave the rest.
An A is 95-100 percent; B 85 percent; C 80 percent
There is an automatic revision required for any grades below 80 percent. You have one week to respond. This is a high impact grade which is none negotiable. You need to have a passing grade on this essay to pass the class.
The corresponding pages in Hacker are: "Testing inductive argument" on page 361, and "Deducing conclusions (deductive reasoning)" on page 363. Students were told to read the entire chapter. I am going to show you the argumentation video tomorrow in the Writing Center. We will meet here for the rest of the week. (Keep reading Afeni.)
Bring in your essays if you'd like feedback tomorrow. The final draft is due Wednesday, Nov. 28 for a peer review. The final draft is due to me, Thursday, Nov. 29on a disk or CD. I'd like your planning sheet and outline, plus at least one peer review based on the handout I gave you last week (see Hacker pages 26-27. If you do not have all these parts you will loose points on the essay.
The grading will be based on the following:
The essay writing: 65 percent
essay structure and organization: introduction, body and conclusion
clearly stated thesis,
topic sentences,
evidence
Research 15 percent
How well does the student know the topic
How sound is the research
Use of signal phrases
paraphrases
block quotes
Grammar 15 percent
Syntax and mechanics
I am particularly looking at dependent and independent clauses; fused sentences, comma splices, subject verb agreement, pronoun reference agreement in gender and count, spelling and misuse of words
A way to avoid this is to read the paper aloud before you turn it in
Supplementary documents: 5 percent
Essay Planning Sheet
Essay outline
Peer review or review of essay by a teacher/tutor in the Writing Center.
What the tutor/teacher recommends is just that, a recommendation. Take what you agree with and leave the rest.
An A is 95-100 percent; B 85 percent; C 80 percent
There is an automatic revision required for any grades below 80 percent. You have one week to respond. This is a high impact grade which is none negotiable. You need to have a passing grade on this essay to pass the class.
