WR115 An Introduction to College Writing Through Critical Reading: A Community of Scholars Examines Sports in Society Monday, February 11, 2013 Final Draft Review Proofreading Tools Workshop

Order of Business Final Draft Peer Review Proofreading Tools Workshop Take-home Mini-Midterm Discussion: “How To Become an American” Review of Assignments Due Wed., Feb. 13th

Final Draft Peer Review Work with a partner Follow the directions in “Train Your Brain” to allow your partner to hear his or her errors. You may have to repeat this exercise Using the checklist, systematically go through your partner’s paper. Give each other feedback.

Essay Checklist Add examples for every major point you make As you work on your final draft of your essay, add transitions & appositives. Check subject-verb agreement. Then check for pesky pronoun case errors. Thoroughly check for unity & coherence (transitions) Finally, use the essay evaluation standards we used in class. Bring two copies of your essay to class, bring your flashdrive with your final copy saved to it, and email a copy to yourself.

Take Five…. With Dave Brubeck

Proofreading Tools Workshop The materials you will need are located on the portal under Readings & Writing Resources. This workshop will be the first set of handouts on the page

Discussion: “How to Become an American” Number each paragraph Work with a partner or two to locate the sentence or sentences that best captures the author’s thesis. What major supportive points does the author use to develop/explain his thesis? Provide examples of how the author develops his thesis (narration, examples, expert opinion, statistics, facts, etc.)

Assignment Review Due Wednesday., Feb. 13th Due Monday, Feb 18th Mini-Midterm Due Monday, Feb 18th Summary Blueprint & First Draft, “How to Become an American” Verbal Phrase Exercises ______________