INTERPRETER OF MALADIES: SWAP ANALYSIS
We have been swapping essays and improving the writing for about three weeks. Now it is time to reflect on the job you have been doing. What changes have you made in the papers you have been given? Why?
How did you improve the writing on the swapped papers? Provide at least five
(5) specific examples for each of the papers you took home and write a sentence
or two about why you made this change. This means you will have at least ten
(10) examples and ten explanations. Be very specific! Choose strong, significant
and important issues. Don’t use corrections of spelling or grammar; discuss
larger issues like thesis, structure, evidence, and analysis.
Take the polished essay and discuss how you would evaluate it and why. How does it rate on the literary analysis rubric? What improvements would you make in it, if you rewrote it? What compliments would you give the author? Attach the rubric with your minuses, check minuses, checks, check plusses, or plusses on it.
You should turn in:
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Five revision examples from each of the two papers you revised with explanations.
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A rubric evaluation of the polished essay.
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A discussion of why you evaluated the polished essay the way you did and any
revisions you would suggest.
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The outline/mini-essay that you took home and your revision of it.
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The draft essay you took home and your revision of it.
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The polished essay you reviewed.
Please turn in all of these (analysis paper, rubric, and all the revisions
and originals) on Monday, October 24th. You should email the new (analysis)
part of this assignment and then turn in the big stack of everything (including
the analysis) in class.