Reflective Analysis, Paragraph Development, and Draft Scavenger Hun

Blog 13
So, now that we have all hopefully begun drafting the 3rd Paper (and, if you haven’t, you probably ought to get going on that!), it was my plan to do Peer Review this week. I am using the past tense because we were going to do Peer Review this week, but I have decided that we are going to save that until probably after the holiday; I still feel like many of you need some more time to get a useful draft going for something like Peer Review.
Instead, for this week I have relied on my past TAs Louisa and John to provide some guidance on what we all might alternatively do in the name of making meaningful progress on our 3rd papers. In other words, in addition to working with Part II of the Example 3rd Paper, we will be completing a different type of reflective activity that is intended to help us check-in with ourselves associated with our progress on the 3rd paper, and, in that way, it will help us get ready for Peer Review later. Therefore…

PART I
In addition to many of the key points you all discussed re: the first portion of the Example 3rd Paper–both its efficacy and the ways in which it was less than effective–I was hoping (and glad to see) that many of you might take note of the fact that it was essentially a long, long introduction and part of the body paragraph of an essay–with at least somewhat robust and developed analytical/evaluative language examining the rhetoricity of a text. I wanted you all to see what the 3rd Paper can look like (not that the Example 3rd Paper I is “”perfect” by any means, for you will be doing similar (but not exactly the same) moves throughout your analysis/synthesis essays. NOTE: your writing will obviously be different, complete with different moves, means of synthesis, and substance. Rather than use these examples we have been working with as a template, try instead to allow them to guide or inspire you to do your own effective writing according to the requirements of our prompt for the 3rd Paper. With that in mind, let’s get to the second round of the 3rd Example Paper:
Using the Example 3rd Paper II (the second part of it) document, located in the left navigation margin in the “Files” link, do a few things:
Read over the Example 3rd Paper II,
Annotate it or “grade” it, taking note of the things therein that work/do not work; are effective/are not effective; respond successfully to our 3rd Paper prompt/or not, and write out your thinking in this way as part of your blog post,
And, finally, imagine you are the author of this Example 3rd Paper II, and, in so doing, not only do I want you pick up where the paper leaves off at the end of the fifth page and write out how you believe the analytical paragraph should be completed, but I also want you to begin writing an additional body paragraph, starting with a topic sentence and then a few more sentences after that. For this, I understand that you do not know the articles or the author, and so do not expect you to be “correct” or “accurate” with regard to that. Instead, I am more interested in seeing how you think the rest of such an analytical paragraph might play out subsequent to the point where it abruptly leaves off, and I am also interested in seeing how you transition from one paragraph to the next.
Here, you do not need to copy and paste the entire practice paper, just copy and paste the paragraph you are working on/completing and the beginning of the new paragraph you compose.
In short, for Part I you should a) read the Example 3rd Paper II, b) “grade” it and write out your thoughts associated with it, c) complete/write out the remainder of the paragraph where the Example 3rd Paper I ends, and d) begin writing the next paragraph.

PART II

Once again, instead of conducting Peer Review this week as the syllabus indicates, I am asking you to conduct what we are calling a “Scavenger Hunt” on your own rough drafts. As I alluded to above, this reflective activity is intended to help you gauge where you stand at the moment with regard to your 3rd Paper drafting. Though you do not need a complete rough draft to successfully complete this part of your blog assignment, the more complete your draft is, the better!
With that in mind, please
locate the “Scavenger Hunt” sheet here or in the “Files” link in the left navigation margin.
respond to the “Scavenger Hunt” sheet by interacting with your rough draft and also interacting with the “Scavenger Hunt” sheet according to the various tasks therein.
after you have interested with your rough draft, please share your rough draft (PLEASE NOT AS AN ATTACHMENT OR LINK!). In other words go ahead and copy/paste the rough draft you have interacted with into the provided text box.
finally, somehow upload your the “Scavenger Hunt” sheet you interacted with, as well. You may either scan/upload, type or copy/paste, or snap a picture and upload; just somehow find a way to have it accompany the rough draft you interacted with and posted.
This will constitute PART II of your blog this week.

This Blog #13 will be available for completion during the 13th week of class beginning on Monday, 11/11. I am not requiring you to respond to your classmates this week.

Textbook: Roen, D., Rankins-Robertson, S., & Maid, B. M. (2022). The McGraw-Hill guide: Writing for college, writing for life (5th ed.). McGraw Hill Education.