First, Freewrite in your journal:
- Prompt: "If I had to turn in my topic for the final project right now, I'd focus on..."
- Then, after 5 minutes: Switch journal with person next to you.
- Reader's tasks:
- 1) Add notes for that writer such as what you already know about their topic.
- 2) Check Hjortshoj pp. 175-176. What could be possible "viewpoints" of this topic?
- 3) What else would you want to know, if you read this writer's final project?
Next, check your group members' work (wikis or blogs) and leave commentary online:
- Have the writers "cut the fat" using the strategies from Writing Analytically, pp. 298-304? In particular, have they limited the use of "is/are/was/were" in favor of active voice and action verbs?
- Have the writers supported every major claim?
- Do any paragraphs have odd breaks, lack white space, or look ugly on the screen? Does every wiki page have a "back home" link?
- Does the introduction of each piece, wiki or blog, provide its focus? If the piece needs to make a governing claim, can you find it?
- If the piece is a blog, does it have a good "hook" right up front? Note how I do that in this post on laptops and SL.
- Do the writers state the significance of both Baron's source and one of the sources found there?
- Are any photos just "dropped in" or have the writers discussed them properly in the text?
- Do you find any neglected details from the assignment sheet?
- Have you read all the work aloud as a final check?
Handy Links from Writer's Web and me to help you: