Class Goals: Have them focus on the use of support in their workshop to show where more development is needed.

Connection to Course Goals: Through evaluating a partner’s essay, they develop skills at being able to evaluate and revise their own writing.

1. Have everyone exchange a copy of their essay with a new partner.
2. On the OH or board, have the following directions:

• As you read your partner’s essay,
• underline all of the claims
• double underline support for those claims
• This is especially helpful for visual learners. If they get their essays back and there are few double underlines, they know they have not supported much
• Go back and look at what you have underlined. Make a list of :

for each point.

• Add to that list any claim/point you think needs more support and why (eg. I understand that you are using your experience in high school to show why you agree with Chang, but I don’t see how the situation is like Chang’s. Could you add more detail.)

1. Before returning essays to each other, discuss what you would suggest for revision.
2. WTL: What do you plan to revise for the final draft?
3. Ask for any last-minute questions about the final draft and review what goes in the portfolio.