ENGL week 7 discussion

ENGL147N-60265 Discussions Week 7 Discussion: Revision Plan!

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due Aug 26 at 1:59am

Week 7 Discussion: Revision Plan

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Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: pp. 104-115, 303-305 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source

Apply the following writing resources to your posts:

Link (multimedia presentation): Citing References in Text Link (website): APA Citation and Writing

Initial Post Instructions

Part 1: Research & Review Read and review our required reading and lesson on revision, editing, and proofing, as well as your returned rubric and feedback from your instructor.

Part 2: Application Prior to beginning work on this reflection, refer to the feedback you have been given by your instructor and peers over the past weeks plus any additional experiences you have with the writing process covered in the course. Reflection is an important part of the writing process. Examine how the writing process has been going for you with your essay up to this point.

Then, explain the results of your paper review with your peers.

1. Detail the 3 most significant issues found in your draft feedback, placing them in the order of importance (the basis for a revision plan of action). As you write, be specific in which areas you are referring to, such as the introduction, claim, counterargument, etc., and how it relates to your experience with the writing process.

2. Research ways to correct the problem, in our textbook and lesson, library writing references, or external sources. Provide an example of at least one corrected based on these resources.

Cite your sources in APA format.

Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Compare your peers' results to your own and share resources for improvement. Did your instructor find similar issues? Which revision and editing approaches work best for you?

Note: If you see that someone has already received feedback from two peers, please choose to help a peer who has yet to obtain feedback.

Writing Requirements

Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up) APA format for in-text citations and list of references

Grading This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please review the following link:

Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines

Course Outcomes (CO): 7

Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

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THERESA GERGELA (Instructor) Jun 9, 2019

Edited by THERESA GERGELA on Jun 9 at 8:02pm

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Welcome to Week 7!

Well, here we are: approaching the final stages of our pro-con position papers. Revision is a process that is so important in improving writing, but is unfortunately often overlooked or insufficiently applied. Prioritizing text elements of focus, development, and organization helps to achieve maximum benefits of revision. Items to consider include: targeting chosen readers, ensuring all claims/statements have sufficient support, engaging the reader with introduction, and providing paragraphs with a sense of closure. In other words, revision is not mere editing or proofreading.

Simple strategies, such as employing another “pair of eyes,” reading the paper aloud to check for convention errors, setting aside the paper for a short time before revisiting it, and being willing to discard parts of what you've done already can all be helpful. Often it’s easier to critique others’ writing than our own! And, for example, perhaps it isn’t necessary to reorganize the entire paper; maybe rewriting the entire introduction, however, would elevate the essay.

Reviewing the Copy Editing links in the lesson will, I hope, prove useful. Just improving verb choice can make a major impact, as can reducing repetition and/or wordiness. Please think about these possibilities when composing your initial discussion post (due by Wednesday), and try and offer new insight (not previously posted by a peer) in your two responses (due before or by Sunday). Peer review can be quite beneficial, both giving and receiving, as Witte states: "Writers need an audience. The nature of writing demands it. Often times for students, the teacher is the audience and the grade is the purpose. This design lacks a sense of classroom community, where the audience for student work is embraced, mentored, and shared." So, I look forward to your posts, as well as your final essays!

Remember the discussion opens for credit beginning Monday, July 8. Also please remember to cite an outside source in initial post.

Theresa

Witte, S. (2013). Preaching what we practice: A study of revision. Journal of Curriculum & Instruction, 6(2), 33–59. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login? url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=ehh&AN=91248004&site=eds- live&scope=site

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