Tentative Unit 1 Schedule Week 2 1/19- MLK Day-No Class 1/21-Using library databases (bring computer to class) 1/23- Intro to Exploratory Narrative & Source evaluations Week 3 1/26-Research questions and results Minor Essay 1 Due 1/28-Class cancelled (teacher workshop) 1/30-Strategies for introductions Week 4 2/2-Reflective writing and body paragraphs 2/4- Synthesizing sources 2/6-First Draft peer review Week 5 2/9- Strategies for conclusions 2/11- Grammar & Editing 2/13-Peer review & unit 1 wrap up 2/15-Exploratory Narrative Due

Today’s goals Practice applying the grammatical rules we discussed last class Practice editing a paper together for both global and local revisions Peer review the second draft of your exploratory narratives

Group Activity: Grammar Worksheet In your unit 1 groups Edit the sentences on the grammar worksheet based on our discussion in class and your previous knowledge of English grammar For each sentence, provide an explanation as to why you made a particular revision Because we have not had any grammar lessons previously, this assignment will be graded on thoroughness and effort

Two skills of editing: Perception: Your ability to find or notice grammatical/ spelling errors, problems with MLA (or other) formatting and citations, or alternate, improved ways of phrasing sentences. Read through the text carefully, slowly, and multiple times (reading aloud can often help as well) Practice! The more you edit, the better at it you will become Knowledge: Your knowledge of grammar rules and MLA (or other) formatting conventions If perception helps you find errors, your knowledge helps you figure out how to correct them Either one of these skills are useless without the other. You must practice and hone both for them to be effective

Editing and Revision Two types of revision: Local revision: whenever you make changes to a text that affect only one or two sentences. Grammar and spelling revision usually falls into this category Local revisions should be focused on towards the end of the writing process, after global revisions or changes that affect the content of the essay Global revision: when a change in one part of your essay affects other parts of your essay Any changes to your thesis statement or thesis question will likely fall here Also includes changes to the main ideas of the essay, the structure, purpose, audience, and genre Changes to topic sentences and transitions also fall here You should be globally revising your essay throughout the writing process and certainly with every new draft. The most important revisions

Editing focus today At this point in the development of our essays (since we have gone through our first draft and completed all sources and the conclusion), we can begin to focus on local revisions as well as global revisions Local Check MLA format and citations Look out for sentence level grammatical issues, such as comma usage, incorrect words, etc Global: Focus on new source entries (4 through 6) Evaluate thesis question & results Evaluate conclusion (does it sum up the research findings? How does it leave the reader with something memorable?)

Group Activity: Editing Practice In your unit 1 groups Read through the sample essay provided Edit the writing using global and local revisions to create a polished and finished draft On a separate sheet of paper, explain any changes you have made. These can be short, two or three word explanations. You do not need to explain any corrections in spelling

Group Activity: Second Draft Peer Review In groups of 2 students (choose someone other than your last peer review partner) Exchange the second draft of your Exploratory Narrative and answer the questions below. Make sure to share the answers with your peer reviewee before turning them in. 1. What is your reaction to the student’s introduction? Does it sufficiently grab your interest 2. What is the student’s research question? (take this directly from the text) Is this research question clear and open? 3. How would you evaluate the sources that have been found for the essay? Are they credible and current? Do they examine the issue from multiple perspectives? Are these properly documented on the Works Cited page? 4. How would you evaluate the critical thinking and reflection in the body paragraphs of the essay? Does the student sufficiently evaluate each source from multiple perspectives? 5. What is your reaction to the student’s conclusion? What is the student’s final answer to their research question? Does the writer leave the reader with something memorable? 6. Identify at least one positive, strong element of the essay and explain why you feel it is strong. Then identify one area of the essay that you feel needs improvement and how it could be improved

Homework Review grammar material (by Monday)in EW if necessary , Revise and refine your exploratory narratives to reach a final version for submission next Thursday (due 2/19) Submit exploratory narrative second draft to Turnitin.com over the weekend Password: 4English (case sensitive) Class ID U20: U23: U65: