Blogging Pedagogy

Liz's lesson plan covers 3 class periods, and takes students through the process of revision as a group. The lesson serves two purposes: First, it takes the students through a practice rhetorical analysis, allowing common mistakes to come to light and be discussed before the Unit II essay. And second, it demonstrates honing a paper through revision. In the end, the students produce a coherent sample paper as a group. Read on for Liz's comments on her experiences using this assignment.

My students submit their papers to me electronically, and recently I've started taking greater liberties with those documents. In addition to writing marginal comments using Word's commenting features, and writing notes at the end, I've begun making direct alterations to their papers.

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