Paper Four Peer Editing Exercise

CRTW 201

Dr. Fike

You must have a draft of paper 4 in order to participate in today's peer editing exercise. If you do not, you will be required to leave.

Directions: Read as many papers as you can (probably 2 or 3 in the next 60 minutes). WRITE a letter to each author regarding how well the paper meets the following requirements for the assignment. In other words, just as the paper is supposed to review a cultural event, your letter should review the paper. Are the requirements fulfilled? How could they be better met? Is anything left out? What might the author do to make the paper easier for someone who did not attend the cultural event to understand? Be sure to invoke the elements and the standards as much as possible in your written response.

Thesis

Your thesis this time should take a stand on how well the speakers did. For example, I will use the standards of [give at least two] to argue that the speaker effectively achieved his or her purpose [it is a good idea to mention what the purpose is] because + some reason why you think so. Note that it is very okay to be critical in your thesis if your evaluation calls for it. Remember: You are analyzing AND evaluating the cultural event. Therefore, paper 4 could appropriately be called a "review" of a cultural event.

Outline

• Introduction (thesis).
• Analysis/critical summary (elements: Nosich, ch. 2): analyze the cultural event, not your reaction to it and not your paper.
• Evaluation/standards check (standards: Nosich, ch. 4; your research (if any); disciplinary considerations; alternatives; FBIs, etc.): this is the section where you will support your thesis statement.
• Conclusion (critical thinking traits: Nosich, ch. 5): what traits did the speaker engage or fail to engage; what traits did you use as you wrote this paper?

Requirements

• Write 5 pages minimum, 7 pages maximum plus an 8th page for works cited. Stay within the 5-7 page required length.
• Remember to follow the "Format for Papers" in the syllabus as well as "Guidelines for Papers."
• Label the sections of your paper as follows:  introduction, analysis, evaluation, conclusion. Your introduction should be just one paragraph. Obviously the body will be multiple paragraphs. The conclusion may also be multiple paragraphs.
• You must use the 8+ elements, at least two of the standards, and some of the traits. Be sure to boldface each element and standard the first time you use it in the body of your paper. Presumably the traits will appear in the conclusion, which should be metacognitive.
• Quote and discuss at least one statement from Nosich and at least one from Anzaldúa or Pratt. You do not have to mention an author in your thesis; however, something from Ways of Reading should inform your analysis or your evaluation (or both). You will find excellent inspiration on pages 714ff. in our anthology.
• Build at least one SEE-I into your paper.
• Lower-order correctness is very important and will have an impact on your grade.
• Properly use the MLA format (signal phrases, citations, works cited list) for all sources that you use. Your cultural event is a source. This time, I will lower your grade if your use of the MLA format is incorrect. Fair warning.
• You must submit your paper to turnitin.com in order to receive credit.