Getting Things Done…

by Fitz | Nov 18, 2015 | The Crafted Word Blog

You guys are a great class. I mean that sincerely. What you do need to work on is getting your work turned in when and how I want it turned in.

By this point you should have turned in the Literary Reflections for the class periods so far this week. We can work on the next one in your next class. It is frustrating when the work is not there to be graded “when” I am doing the grading. It is frustrating when you do not comment on my blog posts as I have no idea whether you read them or not and if you have any questions.

The semester is winding down and these reflections are your final grades–an easy sixteen points in my book.

All you need to do is to write sincerely using “paragraphs;” use quotes to back up your thoughts, and spend a bit of time editing and proofreading and you turn in a pdf which looks good and reads fluidly and naturally–like your voice when you speak with me. Post it to your blog and make sure it looks just as good!

If you put in the time and effort now, you will be amply rewarded when we begin our next major essay after break.

Did you read this and get it. For your comment all you need to do is write a number between 50 and 100. Nothing else.

If you don’t, you have “failed” this test!

And you will be sad…

(These 250 words or so took me five minutes to write)

Paragraphs…

by Fitz | Nov 18, 2015 | The Crafted Word Blog

From what I have read so far, I have really loved the reflections. Hopefully, you have posted these to your blog, so every can see and read the diverse—but focused—way each of you has approached the assignment. There is one thing that many of you need to do—

Paragraph!!!

A big part of this reflection writing is for you to practice paragraph writing, to learn when you are shifting to a new thought and/or direction, and to do the proofreading and editing needed to make your reflection publishable: meaning, fit for people to read.

The document you turn in to iTunes U should also look good and be publishable.

I want you to write the reflections in class. Leave fifteen minutes for editing and publishing. This will give me a good idea of what a good production rate is for each of you.

As it is, I am asking you to write a bit less than fifteen words a minute. Not a lot, but not a little either. There is not a lot of room for screwing around.

So get to work…

In my Rocky story, Rocky is amply a metaphor for you guys writing without a rubric.