Finals Week

In Class

• Reflective Essay on Blackboard (50 p.)
• Post your contributions to the Wikipedia article for Bloodchild and Other Stories (100 p.)
• Collaborative Workspace 

Check your grades on Blackboard. I will post grades some time tomorrow CUNYFirst granting.

Week Twelve

In Class

Today we will work on fixing the entry for Bloodchild and Other Stories based on the expertise you have acquired during the semester on these stories.

Collaborative Workspace 

Assignments due 

By tonight at midnight: Final Draft on Blackboard

• Instructions for the essay HERE. 

By the end of class, Friday Dec. 16: Reflective Essay on Blackboard

Week Eleven

In Class

Find at what step of the writing process you are. All new versions of your writing go at the very top of the document. 

1. a. Writing the proposal

• Research Proposal Instructions
• Sample Research Paper Proposal
• Review of primary and secondary documents HERE

1. b. Having two classmates peer evaluate the proposal

• General Instructions for Peer Review 

1.c. Revising the proposal

2. a. Writing the outline

• Sample Sentence Outline

2. b. Having two classmates peer evaluate the outline

• General Instructions for Peer Review 

2. c. Revising the outline

3. a. Writing the introduction and Works Cited 

• Sample Introduction

3. b.  Having two classmates peer evaluate the introduction and Works Cited

• Get together with other people who have printed their introductions. 
• Share print copies of your introduction with them.
• Read your introduction out loud uninterruptedly. The rest, listen actively and make notes on their copies of the introduction.
• As a group, discuss the introduction and fill the Peer Evaluation Form. Return all materials to the author.
• Repeat for the next group member.

3. c.  Revising the introduction

4. Writing the first draft (100 points; 80 draft +20 peer evaluation)

4. b. Having two classmates conduct a peer evaluation of the first draft 

• Get together with three other people who have printed their first drafts. 
• Share your print copies with them.
• Read your draft out loud uninterruptedly. The rest, listen actively and make notes on their copies of the introduction.
• As a group, discuss the draft and fill the Peer Evaluation Form. Return all materials to the author.
• Repeat for the next group member.

5. Writing and peer reading the second draft (100 points; 80 draft +20 peer evaluation)

6. Working on selected parts of the Wikipedia article for Bloodchild and Other Stories

Assignments due 12/9 by midnight

Final Draft on Blackboard

• Instructions for the essay HERE.