Fiction Essay Rough Draft & Peer Review Workshop

Fiction Essay Rough Draft & Peer Review Workshop
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Directions
Completing the Rough Draft
Review the materials on the Rough Draft Resources page before beginning.
Write a rough draft of the paper. Make it as complete as possible: The more complete the rough draft, the easier it will be to write the final draft!
Consult the Fiction Essay Assignment sheet Download Fiction Essay Assignment sheetto remind you of the basic parameters of the paper.
The Sample Fiction Essay Download Sample Fiction Essaycould also be useful.
Use the Outline to help you with content and the Annotated Bibliography to help you with source information and citations.
The rough draft should be at least 1000 words, contain at least 2 critical sources, and contain at least 2 quotes from the story.
Editing the Rough Draft
For help with MLA, look at the MLA Resources page.
Vet your response for small grammar errors and typos as well as errors in content (vague ideas or missing analysis). I recommend using the automatic grammar checkers linked on the Grammar Resources page.
If you need help with revising your writing, go to the Valencia Online Writing Center page and make an appointment to get live online help from one of our expert tutors!
Submitting the Rough Draft
Post your rough draft by clicking the ‘reply’ button below and attaching your rough draft as a Word file to the message. Posting a link to a Google doc or Word Online doc is also allowed. Drafts not posted as Word files/links to Word files will receive no credit.
The rough draft of your paper must be posted to this discussion by Sunday of Week 7 at 11:59 PM. Late rough drafts will not be accepted.
The rough draft is worth 30 points.
Completing the Peer Reviews
Review the materials on the Peer Review Resources page before beginning. Most importantly, there is a helpful walkthrough video on that page.
Two peer reviews must be submitted. You should review the papers posted directly above and below yours in the discussion. (If you post first, review the person right below you + 1 additional draft, your choice. If you post last, review the person right above you + the first person in the discussion.)
If you didn’t submit a rough draft, you may still submit peer reviews. In that case, choose any drafts you wish.
To complete the peer reviews, please follow the directions on the peer review assignment sheet Download peer review assignment sheet.
Submitting the Peer Reviews
All peer reviews must be posted by Wednesday of Week 8 at 11:59 PM.
Late peer reviews will not be accepted.
The peer reviews are worth 15 points each.
A 3rd peer review may be posted for up to 15 points of extra credit. For extra-credit peer reviews, choose any draft you wish.
Troubleshooting the Peer Reviews
If your version of Word doesn’t have a Review function, simply note any changes you make. You can highlight OR change the font color of the changed sections to indicate changes. Use margin comments to explain the changes.
If the draft you review is a PDF, save that PDF to your desktop. Open the PDF from the desktop (this is very important–don’t open from the browser), and you should see highlight and comment functions at the top of the draft. You can use those to edit the draft.
If the draft won’t download to Word with your notes/edits, take screenshots of your notes/edits and post those to the discussion.
If nothing else works, print out the student’s draft, make changes with pens and highlighters, take pictures of the draft pages, and upload those to the discussion.
Remember that the most important thing is that the student can see the changes you’ve made and that I can see them to give you your points on that part of the assignment.
Purpose
Excellent writing is a process of idea development, research, drafting, and editing. We’ve spent the last couple of weeks on idea development and research, and now we’re ready to draft and edit! Creating a rough draft of your paper will help you to practice this part of the writing process. Rough drafts are low stakes because their only purpose is to exist: That is, to get you over the ‘fear of the blank page’ and help you to start composing. (The paper outline also helps with this.) Once you complete a draft, it’s always useful to find a pair of fresh eyes to read it, which is the purpose of the peer reviews. Creating peer reviews for others will make you a better editor of your own work as well. Even in classes which don’t require graded rough drafts and peer reviews, you should always complete this part of the writing process. It will lead to stronger, more successful papers.

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