Friday, April 26th

Today's Menu:  Peer Critique and Writing Time!

Starter:

• Copy and paste the rubric to the end of your draft.
• Highlight TWO "Content" categories you'd like your critiquers to focus on.
• Delete the "Energy Production" category if you chose not to incorporate that element into your writing.
• Write this on the top of your draft:
• A focus question for both ME and your peer critiquer: What are you most struggling with? What do you think you are missing? Etc...
• "Before emailing this to Ashley for feedback, I must include my first draft with evidence peer critiquer's feedback (i.e. as additional attachment in email).  I must have the rubric at the END of the document after my refined draft"
• "Highlight my use of elements of nature writing (metaphor, simile, analogy, writing with sound, etc..)"
• "Email my draft to Ashley by Monday at 8:15 am for 10 process points"
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Agenda + Essay Draft Deadline Review

• Go over the Visual Piece Rubric
• Work Time- Manage your time according to these objectives:
• If you follow the peer critique protocol today, you'll receive 10 process points.
• You need to have evidence of at least ONE peer critique before you submit to me via email on Monday morning by 8:15 am.
• You need to refine it after receiving peer critique before you submit it to me for feedback.  If this is done by Monday at 8:15, you'll receive 10 process points.
• I will not accept ANY drafts for feedback after Wednesday at 3:30pm, May 1st.
• You will have Tuesday-Friday exclusively to work on  your visual piece.
• I'll return your draft on Monday morning, May 6th for you to refine Monday-Wednesday before Thursday's Exhibition.

PEER CRITIQUE PROTOCOL
1. Author: State your focusing question and the 2 content areas of rubric you'd like the group to focus on

2. Critiquers: Track changes on one document together. Focus on 2 content areas and focusing questions.  Also, look out for sentence structure and spelling/grammar errors.

3. Critiquers: Discuss your feedback with the author and ask any clarifying questions you may have.