Evaluation & Responses Assignment

Evaluation & Responses Assignment

Evaluation & Responses Assignment

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Reader Response for Grant the Lee Assignment: How Do I Write a Reader Response?

A reader response should consist of three parts: A thoughtfully highlighted passage summary and analysis evaluation and personal responses questions about the reading.

Reader Response for Grant the Lee Assignment Part 1: Summary and Analysis

Evaluation & Responses Assignment

Evaluation & Responses Assignment

In part 1, you should briefly summarize the essay and thoroughly analyze the organization and writing techniques used in the essay (note: do not spend a lot of time on summary — your classmates have done the reading as well).

Part one will reflect your understanding of the structure and the ideas of the read essay.

Part one should be approximately 1-3 paragraphs.

Refer to specific passages of the essay. Use quotes and page numbers where applicable.

Use the following questions as a guide for your summary and analysis.

Reader Response for Grant the Lee Assignment Summary:

  • What is the author’s main point? What is the essay about?
  • What mode does this essay model? (only for the mode reader response for each unit — narration, comparison and contrast, cause and effect analysis, or multimodal)
  • How does the essay reflect the characteristics of the rhetorical mode (only for the mode reader response for each unit) narration, comparison and contrast, cause and effect,or multimodal)
  • How does the essay connect to the unit theme? (only for the theme reader response for each unit — The shaping of identity, Understanding my culture, Business and economics, Community and diversity)
  • How does the essay reflect the characteristics of that pattern of development/mode?
  • What is the thesis or controlling idea? How does this thesis idea reflect the characteristics of the unit mode or theme?
  • How did the author organize his or her ideas to support the thesis?

Reader Response for Grant the Lee Assignment Analysis:

  • Does the author use effective strategies to convey his/her ideas? (topic sentences, transitions, vivid details, strong vocabulary, other techniques)
  • What is the author’s view/perspective that he/she is trying to convey?
  • What is the author’s purpose in writing the essay?
  • Overall, how does the author communicate to you as a reader?

Example: Below is a sentence with quotation that you could use in the beginning of your reader response to a sample essay in Back to the Lake.

In her essay “Warrior Day,” Anne Bernays describes the setting vividly: “Sitting on bleachers, the visitors were instructed to …” (154).

Note the use of the author’s name, the title of the essay, quoting, and in-text citing. For more on correct MLA documentation, see The Little Seagull Handbook.

Part 2: Evaluation and Personal Responses

In part two of the reader response, you will evaluate the reading.

Share a more personal reaction to the sample essay by explaining what you liked about the reading and what you thought was successful or interesting.

You should also write about what you did not particularly value about the reading. You could include things that made the reading hard to follow or just not interesting. You should write about your ideas and reactions to the sample essay/readings.

Part two should be approximately 2 paragraphs.

Include quotes and paraphrases where applicable.

You can use the following questions as a guide:

What surprised you?

What made you feel uncomfortable?

What did you think of the author’s perspective?

Can you relate to the experience or point of view discussed in the text?

Did this reading make you think differently in any way or reinforce something you already knew or believed?

Part 3: Questions About the Reading

In part three of the reader response, pose questions to your fellow classmates to kick off a discussion of the essay.

Part three should consist of 2-3 questions.

Your questions can ask about:

problems or issues the author raises;

conflicts you see;

stylistic choices the author makes;

your thoughts or your classmates’ thoughts about some specific part of the text that you think should be discussed further.

Don’t worry if you do not have answers to your questions. J

Just be sure the questions encourage your classmates to go into deeper study of the essay.

What About the Format/Presentation of the Reader Response?

Your reader response should be carefully crafted using a thesis statement topic sentences effective transitions appropriate sentence structure.

If you quote from the essay, use the appropriate citation format (cite passages using quotation marks, page numbers, and/or the author’s last name).

Proof-read your response before you post it to the discussion board!

Advice: Compose your reader response in Microsoft Word and save it to your computer. Copy and paste it to the discussion board. Each discussion board will have a title that clearly indicates where you should paste your reader response. Please do not try to post your reader response as an attachment: your classmates and professor may not be able to open your document (and it just slows down the conversation).

Assignment Policies

Description

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Please read all of the information about the assignments below:

FORMAT FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS

The assignments are to be done in Microsoft Word with Times New Roman 12- point font. Each assignment should use the modified APA 6th edition format. The assignment templates are set up in this modified format. The reference page should be in the APA format for every reference. The word requirement for the assignments are specifically stated in the guidelines of the assignment. The word count is from the first word of the introductory paragraph to the last word of the conclusion paragraph. FYI.

REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS

1- There should be a cited reference for each section of a paper as there are conclusion statements in each section (to meet the grading criteria) so the conclusion should be supported by a reference as the assignments are evidence-based research, clinical papers.

2- Word Count- The word count is done from the first word of the introductory paragraph to the last word of the conclusion. The word count must be within the minimum and maximum word limit stated in the assignment instructions. A 10% – point reduction will be made in the total points for the assignment.

Week 1 and 5 assignments should have SIX studies. Week 5 assignment is a compilation of sections from the week 1, 2 & 3 assignments.

Weeks 2 and 3 need to have at least THREE studies in the form of research studies. Please make sure that you look at the instructions for the assignment as well as the grading rubric. I have also provided templates for ALL assignments. It is in your best interest to use these as it will guide you so that you do not make common formatting errors.

APA FORMAT FOR ASSIGNMENT

Please utilize the resources in the STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER if you have difficulty with APA 6th Edition format, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation or tense structure.

SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS

Always submit the assignment in the drop box for that assignment. I cannot accept any assignment as an attachment to an email sent to my college email. Attaching it to a posting to the Questions to Instructor Forum or the Individual Forum is also not accepted.

I cannot grade any assignment unless it is placed into the drop box by the student per university policy.

Turn-It-In / Lopes Write

This is to be used for the assignments for these three weeks (2, 3 & 5) and it is NOT required for Week 1. All assignments will be placed through Turn It In first and then submitted in the drop box on the course shell. No assignments will be accepted as attachments to emails as this is not the university policy.

Grading Rubric-

The rubric for each assignment is found in the upper right- hand corner of the assignment page under the Forum Tab. Compare the requirements of the rubric with your paper prior to submission into the drop box so you will receive full credit for all graded criteria of the paper.

Late Assignment-

Any assignment that is late will have 10% deducted each day it is late. This is a 5- week class. It is imperative that you ask for help if you are having difficulty with an assignment.

You need to contact me as soon as possible if an assignment will be late prior to the submission deadline.