UNV 104 Week 5 Assignment First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection

UNV 104 Week 5 Assignment First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection

UNV 104 21st Century Skills: Communication and Information Literacy

Week 5 Assignment

First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection

Part of the writing process is reviewing, revising, and editing your work. While your instructor is grading your essay this week, you will also review and reflect on your writing.

Review the “Revising and Editing your Paper” section of “The Writing Process” media piece.

Access and complete the “First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection” worksheet. This assignment will walk you through the writing process steps of self-evaluation and reflection.

Submit the completed assignment to the final assignment drop box by the end of Topic 5 (Sunday, by 11:59pm, Arizona Time).

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Topic 5: First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection

Part 1: Revising and Editing

Directions:

1. Go through each section below and self-evaluate your first draft by checking if you did or did not complete the task. You do not need instructor feedback from your first draft to complete this worksheet.

2. If you did not complete the task, give a brief explanation of why.

Revising and Editing Overall Tips

? Is your paper double spaced?

• Yes or No:

? Have you printed out a copy to read over?

• Yes or No:

? Did you visually scan your paper for paragraph length? Paragraphs that are either too long or shorter than the others may need some revision.

• Yes or No:

? Have you read your paper aloud to catch errors?

• Yes or No:

? Have you given your paper to a friend/instructor/CLA tutor to review?

• Yes or No:

Revising

? Did you reread the assignment details?

• Yes or No:

? Now that you have a draft, is your thesis statement clear, limited, and interesting, and is it supported in your draft?

• Yes or No:

? Does your thesis statement contain a main point and three subtopics?

• Yes or No:

? Are all your sources cited correctly? Does each parenthetical citation have a matching entry on the Reference page?

• Yes or No:

? Does every entry on the Reference page have matching parenthetical references?

• Yes or No:

? Review your introduction. Do you have a strong hook that engages the reader?

• Yes or No:

? Review the conclusion. Does it sum up your main points and restate the thesis?

• Yes or No:

Paragraph Revisions

? Does each paragraph have a strong topic sentence?

• Yes or No:

? Do all sentences support the topic sentence?

• Yes or No:

? Is the paragraph organized logically?

• Yes or No:

? Do the sentences transition smoothly and logically?

• Yes or No:

? Is each paragraph supported with sufficient details, examples, statistics, facts, research?

• Yes or No:

Editing

? Did you correct suggestions made by your word processing program’s spell check and grammar check?

• Yes or No:

? What errors have teachers most corrected on your past papers? Did you check for those same errors on this paper?

• Yes or No:

Did you check for some of the most common errors in your paper? Answer Yes or No:

Comma splices/Run-ons:

Sentence Fragments:

Subject/verb agreement:

Faulty parallelism:

Misplaced commas:

Misused colons, semicolons:

Commonly confused words (for example- there, their):

Are there any words that you use repeatedly in your paper?

Consider word choice. Can you identify any sentences/phrases which are awkward and need to be rephrased?

Could your sentence structure use more variety?

Part 2: Strengths and Weaknesses

Directions: Go through each component description below. Then give a brief explanation of what you did well, what you can improve upon, and your reasoning why – all boxes must be complete.

Organization: Proper heading in the upper left hand corner, five separated paragraphs, Reference Page What was done well: What can be improved upon:

Reasons why: Reasons why:

Research: Proper topic that is supported with a peer reviewed article (research is included through in-text citations/paraphrased information from article(s) What was done well: What can be improved upon:

Reasons why: Reasons why:

Conventions/Mechanics: Proof-read entire paper, no spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors; double-spaced throughout entire paper; paragraphs indented; references are listed correctly on reference page; minimum word count has been met and maximum word count has not been exceeded What was done well: What can be improved upon:

Reasons why: Reasons why:

Word Choice: Academic writing is met, correct words used in context; essay contains a variety of sentence structures and uses complete, detailed expressions within the writing. *No incomplete, incoherent, or fragment sentences are found. What was done well: What can be improved upon:

Reasons why: Reasons why:

Voice/Tone: Essay is written in 3rd Person Point of View (there is no “I” statements in the writing); message is clear and original in thought from the writer’s perspective on the topic and arguments (research is only there to support these claims). What was done well: What can be improved upon:

Reasons why: Reasons why:

Sentence/Paragraph Fluency: There is a smooth transitioning between paragraphs; sentences within the body paragraphs flow and are easy to read and follow; there is an unison of the topic chosen and the arguments presented in the essay; research enhances the paragraphs, and does not take the majority of the paragraph itself-again, research is to support, not create the essay. What was done well: What can be improved upon:

Reasons why: Reasons why:

Part 3: Summary and Reflection

Directions: Please write a summary based on the guidelines given below; write your summary in the space provided.

In 250-300 words answer the following:

• After reviewing your strengths and weaknesses, what will you do the same and what will you do differently when completing your next college essay?

• What are some resources that you can use to help improve your areas of weakness?

• What advice would you give a new student to help with writing their first college essay?

Summary:

UNV 104 Week 5 Assignment First Draft Self-Evaluation and Reflection

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

Welcome to class

Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.

Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
• Here are some helpful links
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