1. Welcome to De Anza!

2. Agenda Schedule Reflective Essay 2 Workshop Analytical Essay 2
Appointments
Homework

3. Schedule We are past the point of no return. You either pass or fail.
Your portfolio needs to be turned in on or before Friday, March 24.
Three instructors will evaluate your portfolio.
Your portfolio should contain one in-class essay, one analytical essay, and the second reflective essay.

4. Reflective Essay
The most important parts of your reflective essay will be the parts about your timed writing and your analytical essay.
The overall structure of your reflective essay should be chronological, but the most important parts of your essay should follow a problem-solution structure.

5. Reflective Essay
For your timed writing you should have two paragraphs, one paragraph in which you define the problem and one paragraph about how you addressed it.

6. Reflective Essay
For the early timed writings there were common issues with regard to process and with regard to the writing itself.
Process:
No process (no brainstorm, no outline, no proofreading)

7. Reflective Essay
For the early timed writings there were common issues with regard to process and with regard to the writing itself.
The Writing Itself:
Question not answered
No introduction or conclusion
Topic sentences and transitions not hinting at changes of direction
Paragraphs going off topic
Examples not specific

8. Reflective Essay
Review: What are characteristics of specific examples?

9. Reflective Essay
Review: What are characteristics of specific examples?
Possible to locate the example in time and space
Possible to identify the people involved, the ones who are most affected, and how

10. Reflective Essay
For your reference I have uploaded the prompts for the in-class essay.
You will need to describe the essays, and most likely the descriptions will include the main questions.

11. Workshop
The following people still need to do the workshop for the first draft of the analytical essay:
Olivia
Gustavo
Doris
Tommy
Download the rubric for the first draft of the analytical essay.

12. Analytical Essay
Everyone here should have already done at least one revision of the analytical essay.
The next round of revisions will require you to read your own essay (or a partner’s essay) as if you are one of the instructors evaluating the essay.
There is a point on the scoring guide for assessing your writing for an audience.
You will need to make big-picture revisions.

13. Analytical Essay
Your essay needs to make sense to the people who are evaluating it, or it will not pass.
What knowledge about your essay do you have that the evaluators will not have?
Know more about the channel
Language
Background knowledge from the audience
Do not refer to a second comment or an unusual comment as you are introducing the second comment.

14. Analytical Essay
Your essay has a chance to pass if the overall essay makes sense to your evaluators. However, other factors can cause your essay to not pass.
What will evaluators pay attention to?
Scoring guide
Essay stays on topic
Recognizable sequence
Sentence structure (mechanics, style)

15. Analytical Essay
Your essay has a chance to pass if the overall essay makes sense to your evaluators. However, other factors can cause your essay to not pass.
What will evaluators look for?
PIE paragraphs (google search)
Citations and Works Cited Pages

16. Analytical Essay
Evaluators will want to read essays that are easy to read. What would make your essay hard to read?
Ideas: 12pt times new roman; thesis
Organization
Development
Style
Mechanics

17. Analytical Essay
For a few minutes write about what you have revised so far. This might be material for your reflective essay.

18. Analytical Essay
For any high-stakes writing that you do from now on you should write many drafts.

19. Appointments Complete drafts David R after class Yash R 10:30 MCC-14
Matt F 10:30 MCC-14

20. Homework Tomorrow: Continue discussion of reflective essays.
Read your essay as if you are one of the instructors evaluating your essay. Make appropriate revisions.
This weekend: me drafts of the part of your reflective essay that is about your in-class essay. me a new draft of your analytical essay.

21. Form Groups Presentations Group 1: Gustavo, Tommy, Doris, Olivia
Group 2: Jennifer, Marisol, Yash, Jose
Group 3: Zaire, Matthew, David, Ileana
Group 4: Jack, Victor, Faye, Junhao
Amy? Andy? Anahi?