Focus: Strengthening your prose timed writing skills by assessing others' writings
1. Announcements!
2. Thanks for being nice.
3. Norming your grading of prose timed writing: Looking at the 2008 prompt and a few sample essays
Mark the strengths and weaknesses of each essay in terms of...
Content: What is the author trying to accomplish, and what techniques is he/she using to accomplish it? Also, does the essay answer the prompt?
Organization: Do the body paragraphs have clear, distinct, yet related points? Are they logically organized? Is there a commanding thesis statement, and are there topic sentences and transitions to help the reader follow the essay's argument?
Style: Does the essay employ strong diction and syntax? Is there a sense of maturity and command?
4. Musical chairs editing of your timed writings from Friday!
HW:
1. Continue working on your culminating essay (one week left...)
2. If you own your own copy of Hamlet, please bring it to class tomorrow.
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