Final Syllabus Revision

 The syllabus has been revised ONE FINAL TIME: oral presentations have been removed from the final week; oral peer reviews will take the place of these presentations. This change will allow us enough time to clearly establish plans for final revision and to complete oral peer reviews on each paper without being rushed. Please check the syllabus page for clarification.

Most grades are now in for the semester. The only grades still remaining are the daily grades which will be earned for oral peer review days. ATTENDANCE, PREPARATION AND FULL PARTICIPATION ON THESE FOUR DAYS IS VITAL!!!! Accordingly, you will receive three grades on each of these days. Please be in class, be prepared, and be helpful to your peers.

WHAT YOU SHOLD DO NOW:

  1. Review peer comments and instructor comments on your draft.
  2. Compare these comments and your own observations with the things you learned in class on Wednesday and Friday about how to structure logical arguments.
  3. Make changes to the structure and support of your argument as necessary based upon these observations.

WHAT WE WILL DO MONDAY 4/23:

  1. Further discuss plans for revision: strategies-for-revision.ppt
  2. Assign groups for Oral Peer Reviews: Oral Peer Review Groups
  3. Complete another review of a sample student paper; this time we will be looking for more details: format, integrating sources, quotes, etc.
  4. Monday night: you will change your draft based on things you learned in this session.

FOR WEDNESDAY 4/25 – WEDNESDAY 5/2:

  1. Come to class prepared with a full-length draft that incorporates what you have learned in class this semester, the changes you have learned to make through our in-class peer review activities, and your own research.
  2. We will begin the oral peer review process. In this process, groups of four students will take turns reading their drafts to one another, giving and receiving feedback, asking questions, etc. BRING FOUR COPIES OF YOUR DRAFT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO READ!!
  3. I will assign each student to a group of four; you can decide on your own who will read on which day.

FOR FRIDAY 5/4:

  1. We will meet to turn in final papers.
  2. We will complete course evaluations, if we have not done so before this time.
  3. We will most likely only meet for a partial class period on this day. DON’T BE LATE, because you could find us gone! If I do not receive your final paper, you cannot pass the course.

strategies-for-revision.ppt

Oral Peer Review Groups

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