UNV 104 Week 5 Assignment First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection
UNV 104 Week 5 Assignment First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection
Part of the writing process is reviewing, revising, and editing your work. While your instructor is grading your essay this week, you will also review and reflect on your writing.
Review the “Revising and Editing your Paper” section of “The Writing Process” media piece.
Access and complete the “First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection” worksheet. This assignment will walk you through the writing process steps of self-evaluation and reflection.
Submit the completed assignment to the final assignment drop box by the end of Topic 5 (Sunday, by 11:59pm, Arizona Time).
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Topic 5: First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection
Part 1: Revising and Editing
Directions:
1. Go through each section below and self-evaluate your first draft by checking if you did or did not complete the task. You do not need instructor feedback from your first draft to complete this worksheet.
2. If you did not complete the task, give a brief explanation of why.
Revising and Editing Overall Tips
? Is your paper double spaced?
• Yes or No:
? Have you printed out a copy to read over?
• Yes or No:
? Did you visually scan your paper for paragraph length? Paragraphs that are either too long or shorter than the others may need some revision.
• Yes or No:
? Have you read your paper aloud to catch errors?
• Yes or No:
? Have you given your paper to a friend/instructor/CLA tutor to review?
• Yes or No:
Revising
? Did you reread the assignment details?
• Yes or No:
? Now that you have a draft, is your thesis statement clear, limited, and interesting, and is it supported in your draft?
• Yes or No:
? Does your thesis statement contain a main point and three subtopics?
• Yes or No:
? Are all your sources cited correctly? Does each parenthetical citation have a matching entry on the Reference page?
• Yes or No:
? Does every entry on the Reference page have matching parenthetical references?
• Yes or No:
? Review your introduction. Do you have a strong hook that engages the reader?
• Yes or No:
? Review the conclusion. Does it sum up your main points and restate the thesis?
• Yes or No:
Paragraph Revisions
? Does each paragraph have a strong topic sentence?
• Yes or No:
? Do all sentences support the topic sentence?
• Yes or No:
? Is the paragraph organized logically?
• Yes or No:
? Do the sentences transition smoothly and logically?
• Yes or No:
? Is each paragraph supported with sufficient details, examples, statistics, facts, research?
• Yes or No:
Editing
? Did you correct suggestions made by your word processing program’s spell check and grammar check?
• Yes or No:
? What errors have teachers most corrected on your past papers? Did you check for those same errors on this paper?
• Yes or No:
Did you check for some of the most common errors in your paper? Answer Yes or No:
Comma splices/Run-ons:
Sentence Fragments:
Subject/verb agreement:
Faulty parallelism:
Misplaced commas:
Misused colons, semicolons:
Commonly confused words (for example- there, their):
Are there any words that you use repeatedly in your paper?
Consider word choice. Can you identify any sentences/phrases which are awkward and need to be rephrased?
Could your sentence structure use more variety?
Part 2: Strengths and Weaknesses
Directions: Go through each component description below. Then give a brief explanation of what you did well, what you can improve upon, and your reasoning why – all boxes must be complete.
Organization: Proper heading in the upper left hand corner, five separated paragraphs, Reference Page What was done well: What can be improved upon:
Reasons why: Reasons why:
Research: Proper topic that is supported with a peer reviewed article (research is included through in-text citations/paraphrased information from article(s) What was done well: What can be improved upon:
Reasons why: Reasons why:
Conventions/Mechanics: Proof-read entire paper, no spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors; double-spaced throughout entire paper; paragraphs indented; references are listed correctly on reference page; minimum word count has been met and maximum word count has not been exceeded What was done well: What can be improved upon:
Reasons why: Reasons why:
Word Choice: Academic writing is met, correct words used in context; essay contains a variety of sentence structures and uses complete, detailed expressions within the writing. *No incomplete, incoherent, or fragment sentences are found. What was done well: What can be improved upon:
Reasons why: Reasons why:
Voice/Tone: Essay is written in 3rd Person Point of View (there is no “I” statements in the writing); message is clear and original in thought from the writer’s perspective on the topic and arguments (research is only there to support these claims). What was done well: What can be improved upon:
Reasons why: Reasons why:
Sentence/Paragraph Fluency: There is a smooth transitioning between paragraphs; sentences within the body paragraphs flow and are easy to read and follow; there is an unison of the topic chosen and the arguments presented in the essay; research enhances the paragraphs, and does not take the majority of the paragraph itself-again, research is to support, not create the essay. What was done well: What can be improved upon:
Reasons why: Reasons why:
Part 3: Summary and Reflection
Directions: Please write a summary based on the guidelines given below; write your summary in the space provided.
In 250-300 words answer the following:
• After reviewing your strengths and weaknesses, what will you do the same and what will you do differently when completing your next college essay?
• What are some resources that you can use to help improve your areas of weakness?
• What advice would you give a new student to help with writing their first college essay?
Summary:
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
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Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.