Second Draft Review

Lesson Materials: 1. PowerPoint Presentation

Learning Objectives: Review citation, vocabulary, and grammatical patterns relevant to argument writing

Connections to Major Paper/Project:  This lesson will focus on the citation, punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary aspects of writing that you will use in your major paper assignment

Connections to Course Goals: This lesson contributes toward the goal of using conventions appropriate to audience, purpose, and the overall rhetorical situation

Activities:

  1. APA Quiz: Take this quiz to test your knowledge of APA citation style.
  2. Hedging: In this activity you will learn about hedging claims in academic writing. Using the handout, you will review information about hedging, answer some questions about hedging, and use hedging on two examples to revise their tone. Then, you will discuss your answers as a class.
  3. Draft Review Handout: using the handout, perform a peer review focusing on grammar, conventions and citations.
  4. Implement suggested changes: Use the time remaining to implement suggested changes to your document.