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English 0950 Project
Revising: Rethinking, Rereading, Rewriting
Goals | Main
Assignment | Plan for Completing this Project |
Process Memo | Project
Requirements
Goals:
To use P.L.A.C.E. as a guide to practice revision
at three levels: global, structural, and local.
To prepare final drafts of your best work to enclose in your portfolio
final exam.
Main assignment:
Choose at least two the projects you have developed this term and revise
them for your portfolio final exam. Each must
be revised as an essay that fulfills the portfolio assignment:
Two papers must be factual essays organized by topics or ideas, not
narrative, although they can contain narrative illustrations or examples.
These essays may profile a person, place, or event; convey the results
of your personal observations; or explain a phenomenon or process. They
may be documented but do not have to be.
Go to Revising. Use P.L.A.C.E. as
a guide to practice revision at three levels: global,
structural, and local.
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Plan for Completing this Project
Step 1. Global Revision: Re-thinking Purpose, Audience, and Thesis.
- Read the New Century Handbook, section 5a.
- Go to Global Revision at the Writers' PLACE
and follow the steps given there for creating a new global draft of your
paper. Share your new draft with your writing group. Which draft is stronger,
your starting draft or your global draft?
Step 2. Structural Revision: Re-reading and analyzing organization
and evidence.
- Read the New Century Handbook, section 5b.1-4.
- Choose the draft you like best, either your starting draft or your
global draft.
- Go to Structural Revision at the Writers'
PLACE and follow the steps given there and make either a descriptive
outline or collage of your paper.
- Use this outline or collage to develop a structural draft of your essay.
Step 3. Local Revision: Re-writing Language and Page Layout
- Read the New Century Handbook, section 5b.5-7, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f.
- Go to Local Revision at the Writers'
PLACE and follow the steps given there for rewriting the language of
your paper and for using a style manual to format your paper correctly.
Step 4. Collaboration
Continue to give and receive feedback aas you and the members of your
group work together through the revision process. You may also review your
paper with a tutor in the campus Writing Lab.
Step 5. Editing and Proofreading
Step 6. Repeat this revision process with the second essay you've chosen
for you portfolio.
Step 7. Write the Process Memo.
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Process Memo:
The process memo for this assignment is the cover
letter for the portfolio. It should be addressed
to the portfolio reader and presented in standard letter form. Using the
list of outcomes in your course syllabus,
explain to the reader how your portfolio demonstrates writing competency.
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Project Requirements:
To receive credit for this project, you must complete the portfolio
final exam. Submit your revised essays with the working drafts attached
to the final draft. Enclose at least one draft from each level of revision.
Your portfolio should contain:
___ cover letter
___ two revised essays with working drafts attached.
Each essay should have at least three working drafts:
1. Starting draft
2. Level one draft
3. Level two draft
4. Final draft
___ in-class essay
There are more detailed instructions on your portfolio
cover.
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