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Close Reading Rough Draft Workshop

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Close Reading Rough Draft Workshop 

 

This paper is a chance to use the skills we've been working on in class all semester! IT'S GAME DAY!! And this paper can function as the basis of your final paper for this class.

 

  1. Close Reading Rough Draft Workshop 
    1. Rubric Activity
    2. Skeletons of Arguments
  2. Rough Draft Workshop 
    1. Requirements: 
  3. Description:
  4. Purpose:
  5. Online Resources:

 

Rubric Activity

Let's start by building a rubric together:

 

  Excellent  Satisfactory  Unsatisfactory  Comments
Thesis 
  • Clear and concise. One sentence. 
  • Map the entire paper. 
  • MAKES AN ARGUMENT 
  • Spread into two sentences. 
  • Guiding idea. 

Vague or missing. 

Makes a truth statement rather than an argument.

  
Evidence (from text) 
  •  Uses clear evidence:
  • quotes and paraphrases (and citations). And decides WISELY which to use. 
  
  • No clear evidence (vague references to the text).
  •  
  
Analysis 
  • Close reading that finds deeper meaning in teh text (used as evidence).  
  • Analysis is the majority of the paper. 
  • All supports the thesis. 
  • Has one sentence of analysis for every quote. 
  • Summarizes. 
  

 

Skeletons of Arguments

The structure of a close reading should look something like this:

 

Introduction (introduce the text and the topic).

     THESIS (make an ARGUMENT that will be supported by the evidence and analysis in your close reading).

 

Body Paragraphs:

  1. Topic sentence (relates to one point in the thesis).
  2. Evidence from the text (this should be a PARAPHRASE in your words UNLESS you are looking at specific WORDS or PHRASES from the text). Both paraphrase and direct quotes should be cited MLA style.
  3. Analysis (Why is this text significant? What does this evidence mean?) The analysis should support the argument announced in your thesis.

 

Conclusion:

Wrap it up and bring it back around to your thesis.  

 

Rough Draft Workshop 

 

  1. Now, COPY AND PASTE the rubric we've made onto your Roster page by your close reading paper. You may want to copy and paste the outline as well to see how it fits with the structure of your paper. 
  2.  Exchange your draft with TWO people and leave each other comments on EACH part of the rubric. 
    1. Be specific in your comments. What can this person do to better achieve the goals of the assignment. 

 

 

Requirements: 

  • 100 points total.
  • Due: 5 October 2016 (11:55 pm - revised due date)
  • Length: 3-5 pages
  • Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to utilize the close reading skills practiced in class. It will be the basis for the final research paper. 
  • Post to TURNITIN.COM.  

 

Description:

Do a close reading of one of the texts for this class. The close reading should be guided by a single thesis that illuminates and analyzes one specific aspect of the text. 

 

Purpose:

The purpose of this paper is to utilize the close reading skills practiced in class. It will be the basis for the final research paper.

 

Online Resources:

Harvard Writing Center: How to do a Close Reading.

Close Reading of a Literary Passage.

 

 

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