LOW STAKES REFLECTION due on Monday, June 1 (must be completed on time)
Write 10-12 sentences (3-4 sentences on each of the 3 elements listed below) in the body of an email on
your improvement this semester (or desire for further improvement) in 3 elements of writing:
Thesis statement
Supporting the thesis with evidence from the literary text
Supporting the thesis with evidence from critics (secondary sources)
Use of comparison/contrast
Organizing body paragraphs
Using transitions between ideas or units of the paper
Avoiding repetition of ideas
Using topic sentences in body paragraphs
Avoiding word repetition
Using literary terms
Avoiding word waste
word choice
Subject/verb agreement
verb endings
use of irregular verbs
use of helping verbs
run-ons
fragments
sentence-structure errors
singular/plural
punctuation in general
So this low stakes will be about ourselves not the poems?
ReplyDeleteYes, this low stakes is not about essay 3. It's about your view of your writing during the whole course. (Two days later, the final low stakes will be tied to essay 3.)
DeleteNo questions so far for the low stakes writing assignment professor.
ReplyDeleteMorning Professor.
ReplyDeleteSo, you want us to send it to you as a Word document or just like an email?
Just like an email, Gabriela.
Deletehi my question is about the third essay and not the assignment what exactly will our last essay be about
ReplyDeleteTake a look at the main post of "Essay 3: Poetry A," and it explains the whole thing fully.
DeleteProfessor Fink,
ReplyDeleteSo this low stake writing, we have to write about our improvements in this class?
Jenny Lin.
Yes, Jenny, it should be your improvements and it's optional to include one item you want to improve further.
Deletei dont have any question on the low stakes assignment
ReplyDeleteThanks professor I don’t have any questions so far about the assignment .
ReplyDeleteKaniya
Thanks professor I have fully understood what’s to come for monday.
ReplyDeleteDarry Lopez