Class - Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011

1. Roll/Class Next Week
2. Questions on peer critiques?
3. Using peer critiques effectively
4. In-Class Peer Review - Powerpoint
5. In-Class Peer Review Session/ Revising Draft 1.2
Final Questions on Draft 1.2?

 

Draft 1.2: Literature Review The Prompt: Objective: To develop skills for revising your writing. This assignment enables you to revisit your literature review and apply suggestions from your instructors and peers to produce a polished final draft.  Description: To complete this assignment, you will expand and revise the first draft of your literature review, draft 1.1.  Remember, your literature review must do more than just summarize the information. A literature review discusses previously published information about a particular topic or issue in order to accomplish the following:  • show readers what has been written about a topic, so that they can understand a particular development of ideas concerning that topic  • explain to readers why certain ideas or theories concerning a topic are being challenged or reexamined by researchers • help readers understand more about why a topic is being examined by a researcher in a particular way    Use the guidelines that you developed for Draft 1.1 to assist you in revising your literature review. Your review will discuss at least eight sources, all of which must be located via the TTU library databases and online catalog.   Minimum word count: 1500 words Format: MLA style for internal citations and works cited. Scoring Guide: *Note - graders consider if you make suggested changes or not. C1—Issue Focus and Identification Is the scope of the review appropriate? (Is the student trying to write an "epic" literature review?) Is the scope and focus clear? Do you know what topic(s) the student will cover?   C2—Context and Assumptions Does the student establish the context for the articles which he or she discusses?  Does the student indicate the importance or need for this review by accurately summarizing the critical context of the issue in general?  C3—Sources and Evidence Has the student accurately quoted and cited the sources?  How well has the student integrated source material?  Does the student use appropriate sources? C4—Diverse Perspectives Has the student synthesized articles which express varying viewpoints on the topic?  How effective is the synthesis throughout this draft? Does the student synthesize the sources, not only summarizing the authors’ perspectives but also providing insight into the significance of the authors’ contributions and their relationship to each other? C5—Own Perspective Has the student expressed a clear purpose for reviewing the research on the topic?  Is the student’s voice appropriate for a literature review (i.e., does the student summarize and synthesize the sources rather than creating an argument, an extended annotated bibliography, or a research paper?) C6—Conclusion Does the conclusion explain how the summary and synthesis enabled the student to achieve his or her purpose? C7—Communication Has the student organized the research in a clear, effective manner? Does this organization make sense? How effective is the student’s communication at the sentence level?

6. Draft 2.1- Discuss

Draft 2.1

Researched Argument The Prompt:  Objective: To practice locating and evaluating sources and then integrating those sources into a researched argument. Description: To complete this assignment, write an argument using the strategies and structures described in your textbook and the handbook. The argument should have an identifiable thesis, lines of argument, logical support, ethical and emotional appeals (if applicable), and consideration of alternative views.   You should use 6 sources from the TTU library or library databases as specified by your instructor for this assignment. Your essay should be 1500 words in length, not including the list of works cited. Please use MLA format (see Ch. 18 of your handbook) for in-text citations and your list of works cited.

7. Review Argument Readings - An Introduction - E-Handbook:  11; First-year Writing Textbook: Chapter 5 pgs. 135-153
HW:

1. Argument Readings - E-Handbook:  11; First-year Writing Textbook: Chapter 5 pgs. 135-153 - There will be a quiz on this material.

2. Watch Crossfire Segment
3. Draft 1.2 - Due Monday, Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m.