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Checklist for Writing Task #1

 

 

 

_____                   Appropriate personal episode selected

 

_____                   List of narrative details compiled and arranged

 

_____                   List of descriptive details compiled and arranged

 

_____                   Rough draft completed

 

_____                   Revision Activity completed

 

_____                   Peer Review Activity completed

 

_____                   Proofreading Activity completed

 

_____                   Final paper approved and accepted


 

 

Checklist for Writing Task #2

 

 

_____                   Appropriate literary work selected

 

_____                   Study Chart completed correctly

 

_____                   Working outline completed

 

_____                   Rough draft completed

 

_____                   Revision Activity completed

 

_____                   Peer Review Activity completed

 

_____                   Proofreading Activity completed

 

_____                   Final paper approved and accepted

 


 

Checklist for Writing Task #3

 

 

_____                   Appropriate literary works selected

 

_____                   Comparison / Contrast Study Chart completed correctly

 

_____                   Working outline completed

 

_____                   Rough draft completed

 

_____                   Revision Activity completed

 

_____                   Peer Review Activity completed

 

_____                   Proofreading Activity completed

 

_____                   Final paper approved and accepted


 

 

Checklist for Writing Task #4

 

 

_____                   Appropriate literary subject selected

 

_____                   Literary Criticism Study Chart completed correctly

 

_____                   Appropriate thesis formulated

 

_____                   Working outline completed

 

_____                   Rough draft completed

 

_____                   Revision Activity completed

 

_____                   Peer Review Activity completed

 

_____                   Proofreading Activity completed

 

_____                   Final paper approved and accepted


 

 

Critical Study Chart for Task #2 (Scientific Writing)

 

Title of Selection

 

Author’s Name / Identity

 

Date of Composition / Publication

 

Description of Format

 

          Setting?

 

          Plot?

 

          Characters?

 

          Characterization?

 

          Dialogue?

 

Description of Content

 

          Subject?

 

          Theme?

 

          Narrator?

 

          Imagery?

 

          Figurative Language?

 

          Diction?

 

Unique or Interesting Features

 

Effectiveness / Relevance


 

 

Comparison / Contrast Study Chart for Task #3 (Critical Analysis)

 

                  

                                                 SELECTION A                       SELECTION B

 

                                           ___________________        ____________________

 

Time/Place

 

Social Conditions

 

Significance

 

Format

 

Unique Features

 

Theme(s)

 

Figures of Speech

 

Areas of Relevance

 


 

Literary Criticism Study Chart for Task #4 (Persuasive Essay)

 

Work you have chosen?

 

Author / Date of Publication?

 

Area of Focus you have chosen?

 

Evidence from Work in the Area of Focus?

 

Your idea about this evidence?

 

Which evidence supports your idea?

 

Is there additional evidence from the work to support your idea?

 

Which evidence contradicts your idea?

 

Is there additional evidence from the work that contradicts your idea?

 

Are you convinced that the evidence substantially supports your idea?

 

Formulate your thesis:

 

Arrange your supporting evidence from weakest to strongest:

 

Arrange the contradictory evidence from strongest to weakest:

 

Discuss your thesis and evidence with at least two other people.  Does it seem that they are swayed by your reasoning?  Do they have anything to add to your evidence either in support or in contradiction?

 

Discuss your thesis and evidence with your instructor.  If your instructor has no further evidence to add, and if you are convinced that your thesis is solidly supported by the evidence, then you may begin to draft your argument.

 

 

 

 


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