Draft Workshop Feeder 3.1

1. The assignment calls for you to explore the context of the article’s thesis statement, identifying the controversy into which the author is entering. Has the draft adequately fulfilled this requirement? Does the author give an indication of why the article is important to art historians? Could the author add any information to make this context richer?

2. The assignment also asks you to evaluate the author’s evidence. Does the draft adequately explain how the article’s author has supported his or her thesis statement? Do you feel as though you can adequately evaluate the article’s evidence with the information provided in your draft? Explain your answer.

3. Art history provides a perfect example to bring in images and other multimedia content to help aid the reader. Has the author taken advantage of this ability? Explain how the author might use additional images or multimedia content in order to make his or her argument clearer or more meaningful.

Add two of your own questions to this workshop that focus on issues on which you desire feedback. Feel free to copy and paste questions from previous draft workshops or compose your own.

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Model VoiceThread

http://unc.voicethread.com/?#q.b1546827.i8160362

1. Overall, how happy are you with your work for Unit 2? Note any frustrations or roadblocks that you encountered and how you overcame them. 

2. As I mentioned in class, the Mac/PC divide makes it very difficult to model the technical aspects of podcasting for the entire class. How prepared did you feel to meet the technical challenges posted by this assignment? Please make any suggestions about information that I could have given you up front that would have made the assignment easier to complete.

3. As I also noted in class, I have been disappointed so far with this class’s performance in draft workshops and other group activities. Please assess how your group is currently function, and make any suggestions you might have about how I can facilitate stronger and more productive interaction within your group.

4. Note at least two things that YOU can do in order to help improve the interaction within your group. Work hard to implement these plans in your work for Unit 3.

Francis Bacon: Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Unit 2 Project Workshop

1. As you listen to your partner's podcast for the first time, compose a DETAILED retrospective outline of the draft. Your outline should be about half a page long (single-spaced).

2. How easy was it for you to compose the outline? Were the transition moments clearly signaled to the listener? How were the signaled? Were there any transitional moments that need additional clarification? In general, does the podcast feel organized? Explain your answer.

3. How has the author handled the results section? Does it feel like a barrage of numbers, or is the information easy to digest? Do you have a sense of which bits of information are the most important and which are less important? How might the author highlight the most pertinent info in the results section more clearly?

4. Does the author adequately address the strengths and weaknesses of his or her study? Does the author reformulate the hypothesis or propose how the experiment might be conducted differently next time? Do you have a sense of what the author learned from the study and why that information is valuable to the listener?

5. Last week we talked about how the Discussion section of a research report should gradually "zoom out" from the narrow conclusions drawn from the study itself. Summarize briefly how the author accomplishes this task of "zooming out." Is it clear what the reader should take away from the study and the report? How might the author highlight this information more clearly in order to leave the reader feeling more satisfied?