Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The buses are not running today; however, we are still doing news bureaus and looking at some of the major news of the day. Additionally, your first exam will be on Thursday, March 12 (M.C) and an essay on March 16. To do well, you need to have studied pages 1 to 29 in the handout booklet (green with gray cover) that I provided you, as well as the history of WWI up to but not including WWII. You will also need to study and consider the notes given to you by Mr. Hutchison.
English 30-1 Self Evaluation Assignment

INSTRUCTIONS: You have been given a copy of your essay. You are to read it now from an UNBIASED perspective (pretend it isn’t yours). You are to first edit it on the page when you notice an error. Then, you are to rewrite it (treat this first copy as a rough draft).

When you have completed this task, answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. Staple this sheet, the answers and your rough draft to the BACK of your revised essay and hand in.

What was the topic of your essay?

How did you attempt to get the attention of your readers at the beginning?

What was the thesis of your essay?

What were the main points of your essay?

Did the thesis work as an umbrella? In other words, did all the main points support it? Explain.

Was the paper well organized? Did it follow a set pattern, making it easy for the reader to follow or did it jump around? Explain (SEE Fit to Print for an explanation on patterns and define it based on this text… you WILL have to do some reading).

Did you use a variety of vocabulary (polysyllabic and monosyllabic words)? Explain why you did or did not.

IN THE ROUGH DRAFT: were all of your sentences complete, well constructed and effective? If not, what problems did you discover that needed to be repaired? (try reading each sentence separately – from the bottom up – to make sure they are complete and can stand alone).

Did you use a variety of sentence patterns to make the piece easier to read and less choppy? Explain.

IN THE ROUGH DRAFT: were there grammatical/spelling errors in the rough draft? What were they?

From this list, pick one area that you feel you could use some help or work to improve upon.