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FinalAssessmentforSummer2.docxFinal Assessment: Revising the Your Work 600 to 800 words
Value: 15%
Due: Friday, August 21 at 11:55 PM (23:55) PDT, with a 24-hour grace period
You have surely discovered over the course of this term (and perhaps from earlier writing experiences), that a piece of writing is never really done; that is, you could always make changes, improvements, tweaks, and revisions. For your final assessment, you have the chance to reflect on the “finished” version of two major assignments to suggest all the ways in which you would revise them. You will then revise ONE of these assignments for reassessment.
Instructions and Expectations
1. Get a clean copy of at least two your assignments (by opening up the files on your computer WITHOUT my comments), and read them carefully. As you read them over, make notes about what YOU think could be more effective. Make a list of what you notice.
2. Next, reread my feedback on these assignments. Take notes about how you might address areas I identified as needing improvement and expand on areas that worked well.
3. Then start to revise two of your assignments. Remember, not all of my comments may be suitable to guide your revision, but they may help. What comments particularly resonate with your sense of how the assignment could be improved? What steps would be necessary to make these changes? Keep notes on what you are thinking.
4. Now, write a rough draft of a letter (feel free to start it “Dear Randy”— your audience for the letter is me, your instructor) in which you list the most important revisions you will make in two of your assignments. Prioritize major issues (like content, argumentation, and arrangement) over minor issues (like comma usage or citation formatting). See page 2 for examples of major and minor changes.
5. Revise your letter not only to describe the revisions you will make, but also to present an argument about why these revisions seem effective and appropriate. Much like with your previous assignments, you need to provide explanations and evidence to support claims about which revisions you would make. In other words, you need to tell me why the revisions you’re making are the most important ones to make and how those revisions are going to improve your paper.
6. Edit and proofread your revision letter.
7. Make all the revisions you suggested in ONE assignment. If the revisions are MAJOR, then you may earn up to a 2% increase in the grade on that assignment in addition to the grade you get on this Final Assignment (your grades will NOT be lowered).
8. Submit (1) your letter and (2) your revised assignment in the correct file format. Congratulations! You finished the course.
Note: What you will end up producing here is an example of a type of academic writing that is often invisible to readers. When an author sends a piece of research-based writing for peer review (like you have to do to have your work published in a peer-reviewed academic journal), it is common for the reviewers to state that revisions are needed before the article or essay can be published. Along with the revisions, the writer of the article usually sends a letter listing the revisions requested, describing how those requests were responded to, and suggesting how the changes they made improved the piece.
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Examples of major changes
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Examples of minor changes |
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· Re-arranging paragraphs · Reordering content within a paragraph · Choosing new or different evidence · Adding or reworking your analysis, discussion, or explanation of evidence · Adding new material to make a concept or claim clearer for your readers · Deleting a section or paragraph to replace it with something different
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· Fixing punctuation errors · Substituting a different word choice · Adding a transition word or phrase · Changing passive voice to active voice · Correcting citations |
The Marking Rubric for all AWR assignments can be found here (how I grade your writing beyond assignment completion): https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/english/undergraduate/resources/firstyeargrading/index.php
Revisions & Revision Letter Grading Rubric
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Content |
Organization |
Style |
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Excellent · 80% and above · 80/100 and above |
Accurate and detailed discussion of revisions. Very effective coverage of how revisions will be achieved. Revisions are appropriately independent of instructor comments and show strong ability to self-assess. There are substantially more major revisions than minor.
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Logical and coherent sequence. Well-developed sentences and paragraphs. Topic sentences, transitions, and other features used effectively to reinforce organization.
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Clear, effective, and coherent sentences. Precise and interesting vocabulary. Appropriately formal tone and diction. Few or no errors of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and word choice.
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Competent · 70% to 80% · 70-80/100 |
Substantial discussion of revisions. Effective coverage of how revisions will be achieved. Revisions are mostly appropriately independent of instructor comments and show good ability to self-assess There are more major revisions than minor. |
Logical and coherent sequence, but not ideal. Effective sentences and paragraphs, with only minor weaknesses. Topic sentences, transitions, and other features used effectively.
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Appropriate word choice, sentence structure, and tone, generally successful at communicating writer’s intentions. Minor errors of spelling, grammar, punctuation, or word choice, which do not impede understanding.
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Developing · 60% to 70% · 60-70/100 |
Adequate discussion of revisions. Adequate coverage of how revisions will be achieved. Revisions are somewhat inappropriately dependent on instructor comments. There are more minor than major revisions. |
Logical sequence with some gaps in ordering or coherence. Some weaknesses in sentence and/or paragraph structure. Transitions and other features generally used effectively, but not entirely consistently.
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Some poorly structured sentences and/or errors in one or more of spelling, grammar, punctuation, or word choice that are not substantial enough to impede comprehension. Some lapses in formal tone or academic diction.
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Weak · 50% to 60% · 50-60/100 |
Limited but accurate discussion of revisions. Limited coverage of how revisions will be achieved. Inappropriate overdependence on instructor comments. Limited evidence of self-assessment.
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Significant deficiencies in organization and coherence. Substantial number of ineffective or missing transitions.
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Substantial sentence structure and/or diction problems. Significant errors in one or more of spelling, grammar, or punctuation that occasionally impede comprehension.
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No credit / fail · below 50% · less than 50/100 |
Little or inaccurate discussion of revisions. Little or inaccurate coverage of how revisions will be achieved. No evidence of self-assessment because student only corrects in an unreflective way based on instructor comments.
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Pervasive deficiencies in organization and coherence. Few or no logical transitions.
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Major deficiencies throughout in one or more of clarity, coherence, syntax, or vocabulary. Frequent errors in two or more of spelling, grammar, punctuation, or diction, such that they consistently impede comprehension.
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Final Assessment: Revisi
ng the
Your Work
600 to 800
words
Value:
15
%
Due:
Friday
,
August 21
at
11:55 PM (23:55) PDT, with a 24
-
hour grace period
You have surely discovered over the course of this term (and perhaps from earlier writing experiences),
that a piece of writing is never really done; that is, you could always make changes, improvements,
tweaks, and revisions. For your final assessment, yo
u have the chance to reflect on the “finished”
version of
two major assignments
to suggest all the ways in which you would revise
them
.
You will then
revise ONE of these assignments for reassessment.
Instructions and Expectations
1.
Get a clean copy of
at l
east two
your
assignmen
ts
(by opening up the file
s
on your compu
ter
WITHOUT
my comments
), and read
them
carefully. As you read
them
over, make notes about what
YOU think could be more effective. Make a list of what you notice.
2.
Next,
reread my feedback
on these assignments. Take notes about how you might address areas I
identified as needing improvement
and
expand on
areas
that
worked
well
.
3.
Then start to
revise
two
of your assignments
.
R
emember,
not all of my comments
may be
suitable
to guide
your
revision, but they may help
. What comments particularly resonate with your sense of
how the
assignment
could be improved? What steps would be necessary to make these changes?
Keep notes on what you are thinking.
4.
Now, write
a
rough draft of a letter
(feel free to start it “Dear
Randy
”
—
your audience for the
letter is me, your instructor
) in which you
list
the
most important revisions
you
will
make in two
of your assignments
. Prioritize
major
issues (like content, argumentation, and arrangement) over
minor
issues (like comma usage or citation formatting).
See page 2 for examples of major and minor
changes.
5.
Revise your letter
not only
to describe the revisions you
will
make
,
but also to present an argument
about
why
these revisions seem effective and appropriate
. Much like with your previous
assignments, you need
to provide
explanation
s
and
evidence
to support
claims about which revisions
you would make. In other words, you need to tell me
why
the revisions you’re making are the most
important ones to make and
how
those revisions are going to improve your paper.
6.
Edit and proofread
your
revision letter
.
7.
Make
all
the revisions
you suggested in
ONE
a
ssignment
.
If the revisions are
MAJOR
,
then you
may earn up to a 2% increase in the grade on that assignment
in addition to the grade you get on this
Final
Assignment
(your grades will
NOT
be lowered).
8.
Submit
(1) your letter
and
(2) your revised assignment
in the correct file format
. C
ongratulations!
You finished the course.
Final Assessment: Revising the Your Work 600 to 800 words
Value: 15%
Due: Friday, August 21 at 11:55 PM (23:55) PDT, with a 24-hour grace period
You have surely discovered over the course of this term (and perhaps from earlier writing experiences),
that a piece of writing is never really done; that is, you could always make changes, improvements,
tweaks, and revisions. For your final assessment, you have the chance to reflect on the “finished”
version of two major assignments to suggest all the ways in which you would revise them. You will then
revise ONE of these assignments for reassessment.
Instructions and Expectations
1. Get a clean copy of at least two your assignments (by opening up the files on your computer
WITHOUT my comments), and read them carefully. As you read them over, make notes about what
YOU think could be more effective. Make a list of what you notice.
2. Next, reread my feedback on these assignments. Take notes about how you might address areas I
identified as needing improvement and expand on areas that worked well.
3. Then start to revise two of your assignments. Remember, not all of my comments may be suitable
to guide your revision, but they may help. What comments particularly resonate with your sense of
how the assignment could be improved? What steps would be necessary to make these changes?
Keep notes on what you are thinking.
4. Now, write a rough draft of a letter (feel free to start it “Dear Randy”— your audience for the
letter is me, your instructor) in which you list the most important revisions you will make in two
of your assignments. Prioritize major issues (like content, argumentation, and arrangement) over
minor issues (like comma usage or citation formatting). See page 2 for examples of major and minor
changes.
5. Revise your letter not only to describe the revisions you will make, but also to present an argument
about why these revisions seem effective and appropriate. Much like with your previous
assignments, you need to provide explanations and evidence to support claims about which revisions
you would make. In other words, you need to tell me why the revisions you’re making are the most
important ones to make and how those revisions are going to improve your paper.
6. Edit and proofread your revision letter.
7. Make all the revisions you suggested in ONE assignment. If the revisions are MAJOR, then you
may earn up to a 2% increase in the grade on that assignment in addition to the grade you get on this
Final Assignment (your grades will NOT be lowered).
8. Submit (1) your letter and (2) your revised assignment in the correct file format. Congratulations!
You finished the course.
