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Week 3: Day 1
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Week 3: Day 1
Peer Review
Be Direct
Writing Lesson
- State main point clearly
- Avoid overqualifying your statements. Instead of writing “I think the facts reveal,” come right out and say “The facts reveal.”
- Avoid digressions
- Make transitions from point to point obvious and clear.
- What makes for a good peer review in writing?
- What kinds of comments are good to receive?
- In what ways can you give feedback on a print draft?
Objective
What's Next?
Establishing Authority
- Read Textbook - Chapter 3 (pg. 23-37)
- Read Text 1 in Unit 2 Folder under Unit 2 Readings
- Due: Final Mediated Values Essay (in Blackboard at 11:59 PM)
- Assume that your opinions count. Present them in a well-reasoned manner
- Build authority by citing the works of others, readings done from class and from points your instructor and classmates have made.
- Draw conclusions based on what you heard, observed, and read; offer those conclusions in a clear, straightforward way.
- Review Readings
- Writing Lesson
- Peer review
Mediated Values Essay
Guidelines
- 500 words
- Inviting and effective title
- Identifies & discusses a specific piece of media important to the author
- Identifies & discusses a specific value held that the media has shaped in some way
- Uses details & personal experiences to explore the relationship between the media and value
- Show analysis and reflection & effective organization, clear language, and careful editing
- Overall thoughts: main strengths and weaknesses?
- Does the draft carry out the assignments?
- Is the title relevant to the entire paper?
- How does the intro capture the reader’s interest? Does the end wrap up the paper?
- Is there a controlling idea or thesis present?
- Sentences: which are well written? Which are weak? How can the well-written sentences apply to the weak ones?
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