October 2, 2008 Archives

Quote passages from your own work, including passages from the rough draft and revision of Ex 1-0, to illustrate your recent development as a writer.

For this assignment, I am asking you to print out several pages, and staple them all together. I will create a slot in Turnitin.com so that I can report your grade, but you won't need to upload anything there.  (Note -- you will still need to upload ILP3 and Ex 2-0, as usual.)

1) From within Turnitin.com, print out the comments I wrote on at least two of your paragraphs, and on the rough draft of your Paper 1.    In the margins of those printouts, add your own hand-written comments, demonstrating what you learned from each assignment. 

For example, if I asked you to SHOW instead of TELL, suggest a new detail that would SHOW.  If I noted that your paper had several different main ideas that conflicted with each other, tell me which idea you feel is the most important.  If I noted that your submission did not make me feel like I was there with you living a single, specific even through your senses, pick such an event, and demonstrate your willingness and ability to make changes based on the suggestions I offer.  It's not necessary to revise the whole paragraph. All I'm asking for this assignment is that you reply in a meaningful way to some of the most useful suggestions that I make.

2) Print out your original ILP 1 submission, and the comments I left on your ILP2 checkpoint.  In the margins of your ILP2 printout, hand-write responses to the feedback I offer, calling my attention to specific changes you made (usually adding more details, backing up claims with evidence, and updating me with news of your recent accomplishments) in order to create ILP3.

3) Include a brief statement that SHOWS your improvement since the beginning of the term.  Do this by completing the following steps:

3A) Quote a specific passage that  you submitted in an early writing assignment, and explain what weakness it illustrates.  Explain, by quoting a comment I supplied, or something you found in the textbook, why this particular passage represents a writing weakness.

3B) Quote a specific passage from a more recent writing assignment, and explain why it illustrates your progress towards developing new strengths to compensate for the weakness you identified in 3A.

4) Identify one specific area of improvement that the MyCompLab pre-test called to your attention, and SHOW evidence of your progress in that area.  Be as specific as possible, quoting (as in 3A and 3B above) from submissions, in order to illustrate your development.