How a workshop draft should look depends on what phase it's in. For most papers it would be best to start out with an outline, so that the thesis is clearly stated and the information/commentary is well-structured and well-organized. Then when the writer has the outline critiqued (e.g. what information is useless or redundant) then the skeleton can be turned into a draft that looks roughly like the final product. The purpose of a draft is for other people, such as the writer's peers, to suggest what needs to be done for the final paper to be well-written. Its purpose is also for the writer to see what each paragraph should include so that it's not a big, jumbled mess.
The feedback I would give on Essay R would be one word: rewrite. The writer needs to go back to the "skeleton" phase and have the ideas organized and the thesis written on the side so that it's ever present. Then when the writer turns the skeleton into a draft, there (hopefully) will be a better transition between ideas and an actual argument.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Essay R
I would give this paper a "C." Although the writer clearly knows a lot about the topic and even appears to be enthusiastic in conveying information about the WWE, the sharpness of the essay is lost to the poor punctuation and spelling. Also, the paper does not have proper flow-- that is to say, the paragraphs do not transition from one to the other in the best order.
Also, I feel that paragraph two is awkward. It should either be broken up and integrated into other paragraphs or rewritten to be more relevant to the rest of the essay. Paragraph two just doesn't show us how pro-wrestling has changed like the other paragraphs do. And what is with the readability of the last paragraph?
Also, I feel that paragraph two is awkward. It should either be broken up and integrated into other paragraphs or rewritten to be more relevant to the rest of the essay. Paragraph two just doesn't show us how pro-wrestling has changed like the other paragraphs do. And what is with the readability of the last paragraph?
Friday, January 23, 2009
First blog
This be me first blog. ever. Not just on this site, but ever. Hooray, now I've joined the masses.
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