Writing Workshop:

Revision Strategies

Choose a partner

Read both essays aloud before you start to write about or discuss the essays.

In the margins and on the back of your partner’s essay, answer all of the questions from the handout.

When you finish, return your comments to the writer.

Introduction: Does the introduction orient readers?

Thesis: Underline the writer’s thesis. Write what you believe

the writer’s argument to be in the margin near the thesis.

Evidence: Does the writer include quotations with clear in-text

citations for line numbers? Are all quotes discussed/explained

sufficiently

Formal features: Does the writer discuss rhetorical and poetic

devices?

Conclusion: Does the conclusion reinforce the thesis and

persuade you of the viability of the claim?

Writing: How does the author create a logical progression for

the essay?

MLA Formatting: Is the essay in MLA format?

What is the strongest aspect of this paper?

What is the weakest aspect of this paper?

Additional comments

When you both finish writing, return the essays to their owners. Look at your essay to make sure you understand the writer’s comments. Take some time to discuss your essays and comments.

Writing Tips Write about literature in present tense

Avoid using “thing,” “something,” “everything,” and “anything.”

Avoid writing in second person.

Avoid using contractions.

Cut wordy sentences

Avoid run-on sentences and fragments.

Check for misused words

Put commas and periods inside of quotation marks

Miscellaneous Questions

Does the paper follow MLA guidelines?

For help, click on “MLA Guidelines” and view the “Basic MLA format” video.

Is the page length within assigned limits?

Is the font type and size within the assigned guidelines?

Does the header follow the assignment guidelines?

Is the professor's name spelled correctly? Kim Palmore

Is your name spelled correctly?

Does the paper have a title? Is it a good title? Is the title in the appropriate location?

Have you italicized book and movie titles and put stories, articles, and poems in quotation marks?

Essay SubmissionsAll out of class essays are to be submitted to me

electronically before the class period in which they are due

or as otherwise indicated on the syllabus.

1. Before you submit your essay, please save your

file as your last name and the number 2, like this:

Smith 2. This will help me keep your essays

organized.

Smith 2

2. Submit your essay through Kaizena, a Google

Drive add-on, at

https://kaizena.com/palmoreessaysubmissiong

mail. Or simply use the link on our class

website home page.

This system allows me to respond to your essay with

both voice and written comments and to insert helpful

links.

3. Sign in to your

Google

Account,

and allow Kaizena

access to your

Google Drive.

4. Click on the “Request Feedback from Dr. Kim

Palmore” link.

5. Choose your document from your Google Drive.

You will be directed to a new page to choose a

delivery box from a drop down menu. Remember,

your essay must be saved as either a Google doc

or as a pdf for Kaizena to find it.

6. Add your essay to the appropriate EWRT 1C (Essay

#1, #2, or #3) from the drop down menu. Then, click

the “Ask for feedback” button again.

7. Once I have graded your paper, Kaizena will automatically share with you the link to the Google document in the comments section — located on the top-right corner of the Google document.

Then you will get the box pictured below. Clicking the link will take

you to your graded paper.

8. Click on the highlighted sections of the paper to

find both audio and written comments

concerning your essay and links to materials

that will help you improve your writing.

Homework