Notes from Instructor - Week 4
Dear Class,
You survived a very grueling Week 3 in our class! As you will remember, this class material is very new--only two sections of students--50 students and 1 teacher--have ever worked through this material before. It is exciting to complete all the readings and see your submissions and peer reviews--to see what we are being exposed to in this class, and see how we do with what we're being presented. This is a "true" college course, and it requires our time and attention.
I am including some documents here for your review, which will help you as you keep working to strengthen your Analysis essay. First, go here to view the student sample Analysis. Second, please review the Writing a Summary PowerPoint (attached below), and see how it helps you strengthen your own summary. Third, refer back to my Logos, Ethos, Pathos Presentation, which I posted in your discussion board last week (also attached below). Are you on track????
After working through those materials, let's proceed to the Week 4 work ahead:
Lesson 11:
Regarding the discussion board work: A few students have mentioned in their lesson submissions that they have a hard time providing 150 words of feedback--and their peers aren't providing that much feedback. Here's my response: don't sweat the 150 words--work to serve each peer, honoring the golden rule. What kind of feedback would help you the most? Offer, with love and care, the best kind of feedback you can give. If you want to set your watch timer for 5 minutes as you provide feedback--so you know you give your classmate your time--go for it. But the word count matters less than your effort to serve your brother or sister. When you are asked on the submission page whether you gave a 150 word response, say "Yes" if you read your peer's work carefully, and gave your classmate your time and care in a thoughtful response.
Here is a video I created showing you how to download and use WriteClick. It looks like a great tool!
Lesson 12:
The instructions in Lesson 12 invite you to go to your Arguments textbook and click on Handbook 5. When you click on our Arguments text, Handbook 5 is found in the folder called "5 Editing For Style." It's on pages 682-691.
The APA chapter mentioned in this lesson is found in the Arguments table of contents labelled "59 APA Documentation and Formatting".
Stand by for more help contacting the tutors through MyLab.
Lesson 13:
The editing checklist is thorough. I looked up widow line (a single line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page or column) and orphan line (same thing) (http://www.youthedesigner.com/2007/09/22/design-terms/). Also, remember to post your very best version of your draft in the Analysis--Revised discussion board. Whereas you were grouped alphabetically for previous lessons, you are now grouped round-robin to ensure that you are with a partner who has never before seen your work. Remember to post your draft as an attachment, and double check that your attachment opens easily.
That's all I have for now. I have never seen a college class that allows so much time--and requires so much attention to detail--to prepare an essay, and I am excited to see the resulting papers!
Love,
Sister Bowen
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