Polishing the Critical Review: February 23, 2018

Focus: How can the process of peer editing and revision improve our evaluative writing skills?

1. Warming up with your new friends, words from Academic Vocabulary: Set #6 (are you trying out your new and improved vocabulary in your writing?)

• Tell us a cool story about your word. What are its roots? What's its story? How can we remember it?

• Use www.oed.com for help (Oxford English Dictionary).

2. Offering you the rubric for the Critical Review and peer editing each other's essays

3. Conferencing, revising, and playing with Writer Reviser

HW:
1. For Monday, Feb 26: Bring in a copy of your British Book Club book.

2. For Wednesday, Feb 28: The final draft of your critical review is due (printed hard copy).

3. For Thursday: If you're writing the poetry paper, bring in your laptop for some work time in class. If you have any idea of what you want to do for your project, bring in your materials.

4. Ongoing: Use your metacognitive feedback to begin drafting your essay or planning your project. Show up for the conference you signed up for.