Posting Feeder 1.1

Work together in your groups to post your Feeder 1.1 assignments to your blog. At this point your group may need to finalize some aesthetic choices such as font size and style, how you will include images and other multimedia content in your posts, etc. If you run into technical problems, work within your groups to resolve the issue.

After everyone has posted their assignment, review your blog as a group to make sure that your posts are formatted similarly and share the same look and feel that your group’s members have agreed upon for your blog.

Thesis Statement Workshop Feeder 1.1

Identify your partner's thesis statement. Copy and paste it into the bottom of the Google Doc and then answer the following questions about the thesis statement. Please be as clear and as detailed as possible:

•       Does the thesis statement answer the question posed by the assignment?

•       Has the author taken a position others might challenge or oppose?

•       Is the statement specific enough?

•       Does the statement pass the “so what?” test? Are you telling your audience something they don’t already know?

•       Does the thesis pass the “how and why” test?

Once your partner finishes reviewing your thesis statement, work together to revise both of your thesis statements. Once you have finished revising both of your thesis statements, answer the following question about your own draft. Type your answer at the bottom of the document.

We have noted several times that the thesis statement provides a roadmap for the rest of your essay. Thus, revising your thesis statement often entails revising the rest of your essay as well. Think about the model Feeder 1.1 essay we looked at; how would the body of that author's essay change in light of the revisions we made to his thesis statement? As you revised your own thesis statement, did your roadmap change? If so, explain in 3 or 4 sentences how you will need to revise your essay in order to make it consistent with your new thesis statement.

Revision Activity 9/12

Over the weekend one of your group members should have read your draft and responded to the draft workshop forms posted on Friday, including composing a list of three revisions you could make to improve the draft. Closely re-read both your draft and your partner’s answers to the draft workshop questions, then add at least two more items of your own to the list of revisions you could make to improve your draft. Before Wednesday’s class revise your draft to address the issues raised on your draft workshop form. You should arrive at class Wednesday with a draft you consider very strong and ready to post.