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Freshmen ~ Revision Assignment

Freshmen are currently reading (and watching) "The Birds" and working on an essay revision. The revision assignment follows:
  1. First, you are to "grade" your essay based on my comments and the Six-Traits handout.
  2. Then, based on the comments, the handout and our discussion in class, you are to revise your paper. I want everyone to think about what RE/VISE means -- to look at the paper again, with a new set of eyes.
  3. The final step is to submit the revised draft, along with a letter summarizing your experience revising the paper -- what you saw on second look, what you changed, and how your perception of the paper (or the experience itself) has changed, if at all.
The goal of the assignment is two-fold: students learn what the essay grade is based on (and how their perception matches up with mine) while learning to become more critical readers of their own work.

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