Tuesday, April 30, 2019

JUST IN CASE, for Wed:


(10 min) Have students pull out their full rough drafts of their essay—they should have 4-5 pages. Confirm the number of pages with EACH student and record the # on the attached roster, going down the rows. While you are doing this, any students who didn’t print should fix this problem in the library. Also, students should fill out the GREEN senior plans worksheet and return it to the desk, along with the book survey for the library. 

(20 min) For the FIRST peer edit, have them pass their paper back one seat, with the last paper in the row handed to the front. Then have a student pass out the CRAAP test handout. Each editor will read the entire paper, but focus on how well the sources are used as support, how credible the sources appear to be from the writer’s introduction and how relevant/current they appear, based on the writer’s commentary. The goal is a very thorough read, with a lot of commentary, for every student’s paper. 

(3-5 min) Have students return the papers and discuss any questions or concerns they had with the peer editors. Keep this short (warn them when there is one min left).

(20-30 min) For the SECOND peer edit, have them pas their paper FORWARD one seat, with the first paper in the row handed to the very back. Have a student pass out the 10 QUESTIONS for arguments. Each student should use this as a guide for their commentary on the paper. Is the paper fully argumentative, balanced, thorough/deep rather than broad in focus, etc.

(3-5 min) Have students return the papers and discuss any questions or concerns they had with the peer editors. 
(Time remaining) Students should then work on revising their paper, based on the comments (on paper or on the Chromebooks). Please remind students that they must have this draft uploaded to Turnitin.com before 3pm today. 

HW: I expect a NEW, revised, clean PRINTED draft for Friday’s editing session, which will focus on grammar and source citations.