Agenda:
1. Announcements and a note on midterm essays
2. Read and summarize my feedback
3. Work time options:
- Refine your essay
- Begin the assigned reading
Directions for Summarizing my Feedback:
- Open the document I emailed you over LINK that contains my feedback on your Affirmative Action midterm essay.
- Re-read my feedback (end comments and margin-comments)
- Roses: Summarize what went well in your paper
- Thorns:
- Writing Mechanics: Summarize my feedback for ways to improve your writing mechanics (organization, sentence structure, clarity of wording, grammar, spelling, wordiness, etc..)
- Content: Summarize my feedback for ways to improve the content or argumentation in your paper (did you have too many generalizations, if so what were they? Did you misinterpret events/ideas? Did you not provide enough evidence to back up your claims? Did you not connect the dots clearly between your ideas, etc...)
- What is your current grade and what is your goal for your improved grade if you plan on refining it? If you are not refining, please explain why.
- Do you have any questions about my feedback?
Announcements
- Half the Sky/Honors Lunch meetings:
- Tomorrow, April 2nd
- April 9th,
- Half the Sky Seminar TBD (DOODLE)
- Refinements on midterm due this Friday
- Missing books
- Junior Deadlines calendar reminder
- Read "Bakken Business" by Wednesday (paper copy version only) and come up with 3-5 clarifying questions (about the basic facts/details of the article).
- Affirmative Action Essay refinements are due Friday, April 5th.
