Critical Review Style Workshop: February 22, 2018

Focus: What elements of style can we develop through the critical review essay?

1. Warming up: What does evaluative language look like, and are you sustaining it throughout your essay?

2. Offering you Style Mini Lesson #3: Sentence Variety

3. Editing our critical reviews with a focus on using concise language, active voice, and sentence variety

• Try Writing Reviser (it does some of the hard work for you).
• Log in (with your Google account).
• Launch Resource
• Create essay --> copy and paste your essay in there

HW:
1. For tomorrow: If you prefer handwritten peer feedback, then print the draft of your essay (otherwise, you can Google share it with someone tomorrow or trade laptops).

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

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

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