Dear Students, in an effort to reflect and improve our writing, you have two tasks which can earn you an additional 70 points, plus the distance learning survey which is 20 points. All Assignments must be competed TODAY. No Extensions as grades are due tomorrow. Some of you are content with the grade you may have. If you are borderline, or you know your essay is not strong, I urge you to consider at least 2 of 2 tasks that follow: Analysis of Exemplary or Discerning Timed Final Essay-- I would do this FIRST. Select one of four essays--now, all essays did not receive the same score! (I wanted to pick at least 1 Essay from each class, and each essay does something well in light of time constraints!) (Exemplar #1; Exemplar 2, Exemplar #3 or Exemplar 4 )which at the time of this post, were found to be (extremely) thoughtful, discerning or exemplary. Use that essay to answer the following (yes, if you would like to consult more than one, you may) questions:
1. Pay attention to the essay's beginning. How does (or do, if you look at two essays) the essay commence (begin)? Does this hold your attention?
1b: How can you tell that the author is writing and not speaking? What aspects of the essay demonstrate the writer planned to write an essay and not give a "talk" about the issue?
2. Is there a claim or thesis in the first or second paragraph that seems to guide the writing? How does the writer signal to you they know where they are going?
3. How does the author demonstrate a reading of The Narrative of Frederick Douglass that is a 4+, 5 or 6? What are two things that they writing does?
4. How does the author handle: textual support, evidence from other sources, quotes/statistics?
5. Does the writer write enough? That is, are you as the reader satisfied with their analysis given the time frame?
6. What, if anything could the author do to improve the writing? Add more textual evidence from Frederick Douglass? Check spelling? Develop ideas and paragraphs more?
2. Reflection on YOUR OWN Final Essay (questions are already upload in Schoology). Window closes tonight at 9:00 pm.
3. Complete the Distance Learning Survey if you haven't already done so. Will close at 7pm. All students can do this.
Final Note: DO NOT SHARE ANY ESSAYS WITH ME VIA GOOGLE DRIVE OR SCHOOLOGY MESSENGER THAT WERE NOT UPLOADED OR THAT I DID NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DO SO. THEY WILL NOT BE SCORED.
