Writing Workshop

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Rules & Advice

Rules

      • If a writing workshop partner fails to submit work by a deadline: you are no longer obligated to work with that person (no points will be deducted from your grade). You have the option of choosing to continue to work with this partner, but you are not required.
      • If you fail to participate in the workshop, to share things with your partners by a particular deadline: you will no longer belong to your writing workshop group, and you will lose points for this assignment. (Your partners have the option of choosing to continue to work with you, but they are not required.)
      • If you find yourself no longer a member of your assigned workshop group, at any time during the remainder of the semester, email me right away. Your email should express that you wish to try again to work with others. I will assign you to the Writers Block Party group, which will have slightly different rules and deadlines.
      • It is possible to switch Writing Workshop groups. If you are unhappy with a group, you must stay with it for the duration of that particular workshop period, but you can request that I move you to another group for the next workshop period. Send me an email with your request, and I will do my best to accommodate you.
    • On your group’s discussion page, comment often and with depth of thought! Two suggestions is the minimum number of comments required to earn a passing grade of C; if you want to earn an A, you should post more.  Keep in mind, however, that it isn’t just the quantity of posts that matter; it is also the quality: one large comment of quality feedback might count more than three brief posts of low quality feedback.
    • All due dates and deadlines are by 11:59pm, Ohio time, of that particular date!

Advice

      • Pay close attention to deadlines (below)! Not all of these deadlines are on the Course Plan.
      • Try to be patient with your partner(s); if they are late, let me know, and I will reach out to them for you to find out what’s going on, but you should also feel free to email them yourself. In other words, if they are late, you are no longer obligated to work with your partner(s), but please try to do so nevertheless.
      • Do not work on a document that another partner has already worked upon! If there are only two of you, obviously this is not an issue. If there are three of you: Student A work on Student B’s essay; Student B work on Student C’s essay; Student C work on Student A’s essay. If there are four of you, pair off: Students A & B and Students C & D.
      • If you find yourself no longer in a group, don’t give up. Let me know that you are still interested in trying to complete this assignment. I will try to put you together with other students who are in the same situation.

Writing Workshop

  • By the end of the day, April 17, post at least six discussion entries with your writing workshop partners:
    1. Post a greeting on your workshop group’s discussion board.
    2. Share the link (restricted to all KSU folks, View Only) for the  folder for your Writing Portfolio with your workshop partner(s).
    3. Post your thoughts about why you might (or might not) revise Essay One or Essay Two. Compare/contrast the advantages and disadvantages for revising each essay.
    4. Post your ideas for revising Essay Three. If you have no ideas, ask for help. Suggest particular paragraphs that might benefit from development of argument or development of depth of thought—ask for help on how to do so.
    5. Post your idea(s) for converting Essay Three into a presentation. If you have no idea, post that you are struggling and need suggestions.
    6. Post your idea(s), your brainstorming, for your Reflective Essay.
  • By the end of the day, April 20, post at least eight discussion entries with your writing workshop partners (four for each partner):
    1. Respond to each of your your partners’ thoughts about revising either their Essay One or Essay Two. Continue the comparison/contrast of the advantages and disadvantages for revising each essay. Make suggestions. Give encouragement.
    2. Respond to each of your partners’ ideas for revising Essay Three. Make suggestions. Give encouragement.
    3. Respond to each of your partners’ idea(s) for converting Essay Three into a Presentation. Make suggestions. Give encouragement.
    4. Respond to each of your partners’ idea(s), their brainstorming, for their Reflective Essay. Make suggestions. Give encouragement.
  • By the end of the day, April 28, you will not be posting discussion entries; instead:
    1. Have Essay One or Essay Two revised and ready for your partners to look over one last time.
    2. Have Essay Three revised and ready for your partners to look over one last time.
    3. Have a draft of your Essay Three Presentation ready for your partners to examine.
    4. Have a very rough draft of your Reflective Essay ready for your partners to examine—if nothing else, provide a detailed outline.
  • By the end of the day, May 4, post at least eight discussion entries with your writing workshop partners (four for each partner):
    1. Post comments for final revisions of each of your partners’ Essay One or Essay Two. Do not comment on the actual essays; instead, refer to a particular paragraph (e.g., the second paragraph,…).
    2. Post comments for final revisions of each of your partners’ Essay Three. Do not comment on the actual essays; instead, refer to a particular paragraph (e.g., the second paragraph,…).
    3. Post suggestions and encouragement for each of your partners’ Essay Three Presentations.
    4. Post suggestions and encouragement for each of your partners’ Reflective Essays.
  • May 9: Portfolio is DUE

Find Your Group!
Available by the end of the day, April 6.
NOTE: Each group discussion
board is password protected.
The password will be sent
to you via email.