Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Blog Assignment Week 9
These prompts are to be completed before class time on Tuesday, October 26.
1. Reflect briefly on how you believe that your speech was received by your partner during Thursday's workshop. Indicate both your general thoughts on the reception (good, bad, pretty good, etc.) and what specific parts of your speech (i.e. "the part where I talked about the monkeys," etc.) played well or played poorly with your partner. Also, explain how you think you will change your speech based on your partner's reaction.
2. Secondly, I would like you to reflect on your draft workshop process. I've been meaning to set aside some class time to talk about how your workshops are going, but as that's not likely to happen for at least a few weeks I'd like you to put your thoughts here. Do you enjoy doing the workshops online? Do you feel like you get more or less out of the workshops outside of class? Do you have suggestions about how we might run the workshops that would make better use of your time either inside or outside class?
These prompts are to be completed before class time on Tuesday, October 26.
1. Reflect briefly on how you believe that your speech was received by your partner during Thursday's workshop. Indicate both your general thoughts on the reception (good, bad, pretty good, etc.) and what specific parts of your speech (i.e. "the part where I talked about the monkeys," etc.) played well or played poorly with your partner. Also, explain how you think you will change your speech based on your partner's reaction.
2. Secondly, I would like you to reflect on your draft workshop process. I've been meaning to set aside some class time to talk about how your workshops are going, but as that's not likely to happen for at least a few weeks I'd like you to put your thoughts here. Do you enjoy doing the workshops online? Do you feel like you get more or less out of the workshops outside of class? Do you have suggestions about how we might run the workshops that would make better use of your time either inside or outside class?
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Unit 2 Grading Rubric
· Student revises all drafts thoroughly and aggressively.
· Student displays a competent set of analytical skills.
· Student cites all outside research correctly using MLA documentation.
· Student participates well in class (arrives on time, participates in class discussions, etc.).
· Student completes all work on time, including blog assignments.
· Student performs effectively in draft workshops.
· Student displays a productive understanding of the components of a strong argument.
· Student displays an ability to effectively gauge and account for his or her rhetorical situation.
· Student understands the concepts of ethos, pathos and logos and when it is appropriate to deploy each of them in support of an argument.
· Student’s final drafts are free of excess verbage, spelling errors and other grammatical mistakes. Student’s speech is free of visual and verbal distractions.
· Student revises all drafts thoroughly and aggressively.
· Student displays a competent set of analytical skills.
· Student cites all outside research correctly using MLA documentation.
· Student participates well in class (arrives on time, participates in class discussions, etc.).
· Student completes all work on time, including blog assignments.
· Student performs effectively in draft workshops.
· Student displays a productive understanding of the components of a strong argument.
· Student displays an ability to effectively gauge and account for his or her rhetorical situation.
· Student understands the concepts of ethos, pathos and logos and when it is appropriate to deploy each of them in support of an argument.
· Student’s final drafts are free of excess verbage, spelling errors and other grammatical mistakes. Student’s speech is free of visual and verbal distractions.
