4.24 Reviewing your writing so far in light of the assignment sheet + rubric

We started class with a review of the rubric - writing a list on the board to re-state the expectations for this project.

audience: writing to the correct audience includes your language choice (lexis), discourse (the way you use language/shape your sentences); how you establish your authority, and the genre moves you use to create the overall form of your essay.

For this essay, the audience is other writing studies researhcers, your should authorize your claims through references to other researchers and the analysis of your data; you should present your data using the "sandwich method"= introduce/set up the example (state what you will show through this example), present the example/data; then point back to the data & discuss how it shows what you said it shows);  use the CARS form for your intro; and use the language moves we have pointed out through the semester in the sample research essays.

Content: we have discussed the content for each of the major sections: intro (CARS + lit review+ methods => this is flexible, the particular form will depend on your particular topic); presentation of data and analysis; and a conclusion (see last blog post).

Focus: needs to be connected to writing studies, the focus should be set up in the introduction and developed through the literature review; the discussion and analysis should make a series of points =each of which is related back to the focus; and the conclusion should sum up and pull together the focus set up in the intro in light of the findings presented in the discussion/analysis.

Organization: this includes organization on multiple levels. In our discussion this semester we have considered the organization of the overall paper, the organization of a series of paragraphs for the presentation of data, the organization of individual paragraphs where you make a single point,  and the overall sequence of your points.

Development:  as we discussed in class when we developed the rubric and when we looked at the sample essays, development should include sufficeint discussion as well as the right kind of discussion.  There should be specific examples to illustrate the points made with respect to the focus.

After discussing these features, you looked over your writing so far, and asked me questions about/worked on your drafts.

For next class:
You will be giving presentations on your drafts.  Holly, Melanie, Briana, and Amanda have volunteered so check out their drafts posted on their blogs sometime before class.

Blog 24: Post your draft so far (also send it to the course email as an attachment)

Good work today!   Have a great weekend and see you next week.  You are almost there!