ENGC 1101 sections 26 and 54Students who got a low C or lower on the Analysis or Multisource essay are allowed to choose one to revise to try for a better grade. Revising an A or B paper may only result in a gain of a few points; it may be better to focus your time on the new papers.You must submit the plan and get instructor approval and feedback revising, so that you can be confident that your revision ideas should be successful.Please RE-READ the original assignment sheet (in one of the Content folders) and the grading rubric and feedback for the graded paper, paying attention to purpose, required elements, and any areas in which you got a low assessment in your original paper.The purpose for paper 1 and 2 is to analyze and explain, as stated in the assignment sheet.Common problems leading to a no-pass::The writer uses many facts and statistics about ethnic groups to demonstrate the extent to which people of color are outnumbered (States an idea about use of facts, not just that they are used).In this essay, two detailed personal experiences are used to drive home the emotional impact of racism:The writer uses a lot of facts about ethnicity. (Is likely to set up a summary approach or a list of facts or source material, rather than the writers own analytical ideas about how or why facts contribute to the WHOLE article)The author tells about visiting a supermarket with her son and how the clerk reacts (restates writers content, no clear focus on the essay writers strategy of personal narrative)Analyze and explain how ASSIGNED writing strategies or writing elements contribute to the book essay. Focus on the essay authors writing choices and strategies (not lengthy discussions of content or summarizing of content)Explain, explain, explain: Analysis requires you to identify the part (writing strategy, in this case) and explain your insight about what it adds to the whole essay. Explain special terms used (what do you mean by personal narrative or credible facts?); provide examples from sources; explain how each example relates to or illustrates the main idea in your paragraph. (See the handout on synthesizing source material and your idea.)In addition, paragraphs content should be organized in a coherent order, such as moving from a specific example to the general observation or contrasting two things, etc.Each quote, paraphrase or summary of material from the essay must be cited in the correct MLA documentation style along with a signal or launch phrase to help the reader see where source material begins.You can copy, save, and retitle this form to fill out. Submit this form to the instructor by week 10 date on schedule to get feedback before proceeding. (choose all that were marked)__ Thesis focus __ missing launches or citations for sources__ Lacked correct purpose __Structure not logical, not effective__ Lacked assigned topic __Inadequate length/development__ Too much source summary __ Poor paragraph focus (not one idea per__ missing a required type of content paragraph)__ Weak support overall __ Did not use third-person voice throughoutUse complete sentences.These might be used as the topic sentence of a paragraph and in an outline.1a. Name one writing strategy and explain how it is used the essay:1b. How does it relate to the thesis?2b. How does it relate to the thesis?Pick one of the strategy ideas above from 1 or 2 : idea # ____Explain your support: What are two different examplesfrom different parts of the essay, different types of examples, etc.that could be used to support the idea you chose?(contd) For the piece of evidence or supporting idea listed above, state why is it significant, what does it mean (i.e, for facts), or how does it relate to the paragraph idea? evidence that shows how more than one personal anecdote is used, or how the essay is structured, to illustrate the main idea of the paragraph. (evidence demonstrates the paragraph idea)___ Revision plans shows there is still some confusion about key paper issues: schedule a conference no later than middle of week 11.___ Revision plan approved: (date)Instructor signature: _____________________________________________________
ENGC 1101 sections 26 and 54
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