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Instructor Resource Center
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Error Map
Assignment
This assignment is based on the assumption that correctly identifying a problem is a large part of the solution to the problem. Therefore, here is an opportunity for you to examine your writing habits to identify existing writing problems and then to plan strategies designed to repair those problems.
You will examine the compositions you have written so far in this class in order to identify and then analyze patters of errors. For this assignment, error covers three general categories:
Rainbow Revision
Sentence revision: Creating sentence variety in essays.
Materials needed:
- Seven different colors of writing implement (a box of crayons/colored pencils/markers—your choice. Just be sure you have 7 different colors of ink.) Note: Alternatively, you also could use color highlight on the computer.
Purpose
You've written your essay; now, let's see if our major writing goals for this essay have been met.
- Varied sentence structure and word choice
- Use commas properly in a series
Reflecting on Focus Group/Town Meeting: Reading, Writing, and Discussing
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In an informal reflection, write about what you gained from this segment of the class, dividing your writing into the following parts:
Part I:
- What did you learn about effective analytical writing by
- one-page analysis of the text based on a a focus aspect of your choice
- discussing the issue, the writer's handling of it, and your group members' focus aspects
picking a piece collaboratively with each of your five different focus groups and writing a
Collaboration Planning Worksheet
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Collaboration Plan Worksheet
Attach this worksheet with your email proposal. Use these questions as a guide for collaboration strategy and as you develop your proposal.
| Questions to address | Fill in on screen. Cells will expand as you add text. |
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| Each member list here a suggested research question or angle of approach for the project | |
| name | |
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WOVE Bibliography Keywords:
This ISUComm bibliography provides teachers who are either interested in or already committed to the ISUComm initiative with a comprehensive listing of research related to WOVE, the integrated approach to instruction in written, oral, visual and electronic communication. The individual lists that make up this bibliography were compiled in all but one instance by Iowa State faculty who are themselves involved with WOVE as scholars, teachers, or both. |