Reflection 1: Response to Your Feedback

I recently uploaded your 5-paragraph essay about whether or not the frequency of smoking should be regulated in movies. I want you to read the feedback that I inserted at the end of your essay, the comments in the margins, and the corrections I made within the text itself.

Write a one page response to all of this. Talk about how you thought you performed on this essay and how I thought you performed. Discuss areas that you can improve on for your next essay. What kinds of things will you do differently next time? What kinds of things will you keep doing because they worked well? These are some questions to think about in your response.

This assignment and all future assignments for this class should be formatted in the following way unless the directions indicate otherwise:

Font size: 12pt
Font style: Times New Roman
Line spacing: Double-Spaced (ctrl+a and then press ctrl+2)Do not insert extra spaces between paragraphs by hitting the enter/return key twice.
Margins: 1-Inch margins on top and bottom; 1-Inch margins on left and right sides
Indentation: The first line of every paragraph should be indented (tab key). This is roughly equal to five spaces.
Text alignment: The text should be aligned to the left side of the page.
Special formatting: Do not make your entire document bold or italicized.

This file should be named Reflection1_FirstName LastName

This file should be uploaded to your ESL114_FirstName LastName folder.

This paper is worth 10 reflective assignment points.

This paper is due Sunday, October 3rd at 11:59 PM

Day 11: Peer Review

First we will review homework 6 since many of you seemed to struggle with this assignment. Additionally, we will discuss difficulties you may be having with this class. I hope you, as a class, will provide me with suggestions that I can incorporate into my teaching to help you learn better and make the class more interesting.

The rest of the day will revolve around peer review. Peer review will begin by watching a short demonstration on successful and unsuccessful peer reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCio7AbO3vo&NR=1

After the demonstration, open up your 5-paragraph essay about smoking in movies. I will have all of you switch computers. You will spend some time reading your peers' papers and giving comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism on their work by following the suggestions in the video. At the end of the class return to your computer. Save the file as DiagnosticPeerReview_FirstName LastName Then upload the file to your ESL 114_FirstName LastName folder.

You will have the weekend to work on your final version of the diagnostic. The final version will be due Sunday, September 19th at 11:59 PM.

Announcement

Many of you still have not turned in all of your assignments. The last day you will be able to receive partial credit for the assignments is Sunday, September 19th at 11:59 PM. The homework is designed to help you write your paper, so it will not be useful if you complete it after this time. That is why you can not receive points for the assignments after that time. Keep in mind there are some assignments that you can not receive points for, such as commenting on the work of others. Make sure all homework has the correct file name and is uploaded to the appropriate folder. You can check this information in the homework section on the course website. Lastly, YOU are responsible for letting me know which assignments you will be turning in late. If you do not let me know what late work you have completed, you will not receive a grade for it. You can do this by emailing me and telling me you have turned in homework 1 and homework 2 late for example.

Also, please make sure you have your the diagnostic essay revised and completed by Thursday, September 16th at 11:59 PM. I will post more thorough directions in the homework section.

Day 2: In-class Diagnostic Exam

This exercise fulfills several purposes. The first is to give me a place to start the course. I will assess your organization, logical flow of ideas, clarity of explanations, grammar, vocabulary and style in order to get to know your writing and learn how best to help you this semester. The second, but perhaps primary purpose is to give YOU a starting point for evaluating and improving your own writing performance. Note also that you must be a preapproved/registered attendee in order to take the diagnostic exam.

If you miss this exam, you will need to schedule a make-up session with me.

You will have 50 minutes to complete the exam. When you're finished, upload it to your shared, dropbox folder that I asked you to create during the first class period.

**IMPORTANT! Once you have uploaded, do not touch this document! Opening it will change your last modified date, indicating that you changed the document after the due date. I will be reviewing your essays this week and we will begin discussing and revising.