Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Revision for Assignment 5



In class Activity:
Share your five most common errors with the others in your group. List ten issues for your group. Under each issue describe what it is, give an example, describe why it makes the writing weaker, and fix the example (if applicable). Share that list in a google doc with me. Make sure to include the names of your group members.

Peer Response
Prescriptive peer response. On the electronic copy of the essay you are revising for assignment 5, list the 5 errors common in your writing. Then list any questions or concerns you have with the piece that you would like help with. (for example, if your organization was a problem, you might ask your responded to suggest ways to improve it).

Peer responder will answer the questions, identify and fix (using track changes) any instances of the 5 major issues listed by the author.

Homework:

1) Assignment due 4/26 posted to blackboard by end of day.
2) Read Wendell Berry “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front”
American Earth p.505 by 4/24
3) Have a fun, safe VEISHA!

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