Food Paper Revisions

Welcome Back to the Computer Lab!

Today you will be revising your "food paper." Below is a list of tasks for you to accomplish with this draft:

1. READ SILENTLY: Read your own "food paper." Draft 5 possible new titles for this paper and write them on the blue sheet to share with your partner.

2. PAIR-UP: Meet with your assigned partner--Exchange papers and read each other's drafts.

3. PEER FEEDBACK: Discuss each paper using the questions on the blue sheet. But YOU write down what they say in response to each of the questions. So, use the blue sheet like a sort of an interview where you ask them the question about your paper and then record the response you get. Use this time to clarify and ask any questions. Peer reviewers, please pay particular attention to the title and to the introduction for this paper. Try to use some of the suggestions and ideas from our classnotes yesterday to help guide the feedback that you provide to the writer.

4. BLOG: On your blog, create a new post. You can title this post, "Food Paper" and then I'd like you to reflect on the draft you wrote and the feedback you recieved. Use the questions below to help guide your reflective thinking. THIS reflection is part of your final portfolio and final grade. As such, be sure to put in quality reflection, time, and effort.

• Think back to when you first drafted this paper. What did you need to learn in order to draft this paper? What did you think about it? Did you struggle with the first draft? What was easiest? Hardest? What did you enjoy best about this draft as you worked on it? What parts were frustrating to you? What techniques did you use to develop this draft? This is the time to use some of the vocabulary that we learned in this course to help you explain what you did and what you learned this semester.
• When you first re-read this draft today, what did you enjoy about your draft? What changes did you think needed to be made? Again, use the vocabulary of our course to help you explain.
• What feedback did you recieve from your partner? What suggestions were most helpful?
• What do you plan to revise on this paper? Be specific. Mention specific paragraphs and lines in your reflection.

5. COPY AND PASTE: Below the reflection, paste in a copy of your draft in its current form. Put the draft in italics so that it stands out as the draft.

6. SPELL CHECK AND PUBLISH POST: Please use the spell check feature to check your post for errors. Any questionable spellings will appear highlighted in yellow. If you click on each yellow highlighted word, a pull-down menu of options will appear for you. Re-read your entire posting to be sure that it sounds the way that you want it to.

7. SEE MS. BASKO: When you are finished, see Ms. Basko. When you come see me, bring me a copy of the URL to your blog site. For example, my College Composition URL address is: http://laprofessora-sonia.blogspot.com/

Anything you don't finish in class today, MUST BE FINISHED FOR HOMEWORK. If you don't finish in class today and bring me your blog URL, you will need to email it to me tonight. Be sure to tell me who you are.

See you all tomorrow!

Basko