4/22-23, Work time in class & peer feedback

Purpose:  I can make judgments about an author’s argument…in order to respond critically with evidence.

Wednesday through Friday this week students had independent work time to complete the “Talking Back” letter to the author. Students who completed the assignment on time will earn full credit for their grade, and they earned 10 extra credit points in addition. While late assignments will be accepted, students who did not complete the assignment on time will receive a 10% grade reduction on a late assignment.

I will offer students one more class period to work on this assignment in order to receive peer review and revise their work. This means that once a student has completed a draft of the letter, he or she must find another student complete the following peer review:

1. Read through the paper and highlight evidence in each paragraph. Evidence includes personal connections, prior knowledge from other classes/movies/books/etc., reference to other articles, and reference to statistics or data obtained from credible internet sources.
2. Assess the paper against the scoring rubric.
3. Identify (by underlining) and note:
   * incomplete, confusing or run-on sentences.
   * places where you have questions.
4. Give feedback:
5. * What do you appreciate in the letter? (“I appreciate…”)
   * What areas are weak and could use work? (“A weak area that you could improve is…”)
6. Then, show Ms. Lima the draft with feedback for credit.

April 23, 2010. Feature Articles.