Class:Section 68, ENG112/Class:Section 68, ENG112/debrief XIV

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Everyone - please spread the word about the following suggestion:

For the Final Reflection Paper, if you wish, you may focus 100% entirely only on your Unit 3 Paper, Adding to a Conversation (and your two previous Reflection Letters). If you decide to do this, make sure this is stated without ambiguity in your introduction. (By implication, if you stick with the original assignment, make sure you claim this without hesitation.) In other words, apply each question and element of the Final Reflection Paper criteria to the detailed feedback you received in our last class.

My rationale is that this is the best way for you to learn the most from it.

For instance, if I have offered a suggestion for re-phrasing - why do you think I came up with those particular words? Does the diction improve or alter the meaning you intended? What function is served by accepting the edit? What "gap" do you recognize/realize between what you wrote and what I proposed as an alternative?

My reason for this change is twofold:

1. I want to reduce your workload.
2. I want you to fully benefit from the feedback.

Basically, I think it will be easier and more effective than rewriting.

ALSO - I changed my mind about the percentages for Unit 3, Unit 4, and the Final Reflection. The original criteria was Unit 3 & 4 at 25% and the Final Reflection at 15%. As we discussed (based upon the conversation we held approximately mid-semester), I agreed to switch the percentages in your favor. Here is the change:

• The Final Reflection increases to 25%
• Unit 3, Adding to a Conversation is reduced to 15%
• Unit 4, This I Believe, remains at 25%

So the switch is between the values of the Final Reflection (hopefully your best writing) and Adding to a Conversation (the writing most in need of improvement). The only reservation I have in making this change is that the type of writing in Unit 3 is the most important for your college career. I hope you will absorb and comprehend this fact.

Don't forget to put this in a portfolio with the two previous Reflection Letters.

Now, make me proud.

steph (COM) 07:23, 13 December 2006 (EST)

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