Draft #1 Due Sum/Eval/Response

Your Kickstarters on Paper are returned. In your daybook:
1. Copy down the strength and weakness I wrote on your rubric.
2. If you could revise this paper now, what would you change?
3. Copy down two proofreading errors that got past you. What is the correction?

Get out your very rough draft so I can look at it.

You get into groups and work on the handout, answering these questions:

1. What is the main point your author is trying to make? State it at least TWO different ways:
       A.
       B.

2. Copy down in quotation marks one or two sentences from the article which state this point (or come close):

3. List at least three pieces of support or evidence this writer gives for this point:

a.
b.
c.

4. Which of these are STRONG, in your view? Why?

5. Which of these is LESS STRONG or ineffective? Why?

6. Are any parts of the article hard to follow or not clear? Give paragraph numbers or quotes and explain:

7. Can you think of any OTHER examples/people/experiences/sources that would support this point? List:

8. Can you think of any other examples/people/experiences/sources that would show an opposite view of this point?

Draft #2 is due Friday. You will have time tomorrow to work on it, so bring ear buds to class if you like to listen to music while you type. You are creating a unified essay that does three things. You need to pay attention to how you organize!

Homework:

1. Finish the questions above if you did not complete them during class. Keep the sheet in your daybook. Daybook Check #3 is this Friday.

2. Begin writing your Draft #2 due Friday.

3. TWFTD: your choice from your article, using the OED.