JOURNAL # 20: Read over your peers’ essays to make sure there is an introduction, identify the thesis, and be sure each paragraph has a topic sentence. Has the writer carefully cited and integrated the sources they are weaving into the paper? JOURNAL # 20: Save and post ALL of your peer review for paper 3—2-3 marginal comments and feedback letter. This will be vital to include in your portfolio for evaluation. Copy and paste the address of your PEER REVIEW page and make sure the PR of your peers is labeled clearly.
JOURNAL # 19: Post your 500 word draft—we’ll look at samples next class
JOURNAL # 18: Read and annotate Michael Pollan’s “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch” For JOURNAL #18, identify 3 passages you think might be interesting to work with in the context of Project # 3. For each passage, identify the page and para, and then offer 75 or so words on why you think the passage might have potential.
JOURNAL # 17 on revision: What did you do? What did you focus on? How was it different than the last time you revised your work after peer review? What have you learned about your writing process?
In motion: JOURNAL # 16: Use this time to create a clear itinerary of things you will be attending to in revision—something to the tune of 200-300 words.
JOURNAL # 15: Post a PDF or Word doc of the drafts you exchanged with your peers under your Project 2 page.
Save and post ALL of your peer review for paper 2—with the marginal comments and feedback letter at the end. This will be vital to include in your portfolio for evaluation at the end of the term. Post the drafts that YOU peer reviewed on your Peer Review page and copy the URL to post for JOURNAL # 15. If you haven’t already, this will likely require downloading your draft (if in Google docs) as a Word doc, and then saving it…
JOURNAL # 14: Read: TS/IS pp. 82-93—“Planting the Naysayer in Your Text.” Respond to the text: What is interesting, helpful, curious, insightful about the chapter?
This should take no more than 45 min.
