October 14, 2014 - Tuesday

Class Work

1. Meet the rubric and use it for peer editing - today we will be using the EMCC writing rubric to peer edit. You need to have a paper copy of your comparison/contrast draft. Print away!

2. There will be three readers of your essay. All three must come from a table other than your own. Be sure your name is on the draft and on the rubric.

A. Swap #1 - Content Editor - Sign your name in in the Content Editor space. You will be reading for subject matter issues, focus issues, and support issues. You may write on the draft and on the rubric.
B. Swap #2 - Clarity Editor - Sign your name in the Clarity Editor space. You will be reading for organization and for language use issues. You may write on the draft and on the rubric.
C. Swap #3 - Editing Editor - Sign your name in the Editing Editor space. You will be reading for format issues, citations issues, and mechanics issues. Write on the draft AND on the rubric. Use a colored pen or pencil to note the mechanics issues. Since we have gone over run-ons and comma splices, pay careful attention to all FANBOYS and snob word. Make sure the earrings are there! (Translation . . . conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs. Make sure commas and semi-colons are used correctly.) We will review this in class before this phase of the editing.

3. Return all essays to the authors. Authors, your homework is to polish, correct, and finalize the essay. Post the final copy in CANVAS by the beginning of class on Thursday. ALSO, you need to submit your draft and the peer editing remarks on Thursday.

4.We will be going outside to take a look at the cloths-line project. This project addresses domestic violence. Before we go outside, take 5 minutes to look at the site.
http://www.clotheslineproject.org/index.htm

Answer the first question on the response sheet.

Walk, look, think, react. Record your reactions/responses on the project sheet. Submit before the end of class.