In week 1, activity #10 gives the instructions for an assignment that would have to evaluate a student’s sample essay, but there are many instructions before we can do that. For the first step, it tells us that we have to read the text “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, followed by step 2, reading the overview of the story as well which Dean Rader writes. We will then look at PowerPoint for the thesis statement and also learn how to insert quotations correctly in a literature essay (Activity 6). The reasoning for learning Activity 5-8 is to ensure that when we read the student’s sample essay, we are aware of the mistakes the student might make and can correct them, but also give them their credibility on being able to add these elements to their literary writing such as MLA Citation. After all is done with the instructions, we can then go on to read the student sample’s essay.
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I like how you pointed out that reading both the story and the overview by Dean Rader will help us understand the themes better. It makes sense that going over the PowerPoint and activities before looking at the sample essay will help us avoid any mistakes and improve our writing. This whole process seems like a good way to get us thinking critically about our writing and the tools we need to do it right
good job.
I’m not sure if I did my discussion post correctly, but reading yours really helped me understand the process. It makes sense that we need to go through these steps before evaluating the student’s essay. Reading The Most Handsome Drowned Man and the overview, along with reviewing the thesis statement and proper quotation use, will definitely make it easier to give meaningful feedback. This really puts everything into perspective!
Oscar, great post. Your discussion is very logical and takes all the steps into account—in the right order.