All drafts you submitted by July 23 would’ve been checked and graded for your midterm marks. Revisions mean I will only read these again to see if your grades can still change for each requirement. But also there are 10 points for how well and seriously you revise.
What does serious revision mean?
(1) Double-check your grammar and spelling. Each rubric for each requirement has a Convention grade, and if your grammar is fine, then that’s an easy 10 or 20 points.
(2) Check your word choices. Many of you use big words for things that can be said simply. Some of you use simple words for very complicated ideas. Often, the words you choose are nor appropriate for the subject you are discussing.
(3) Check your sentence construction. Sometimes, your grammar and word choice are fine, but your sentences don’t have proper punctuation marks, or are actually phrases with no complete thoughts, or are run-on sentences. Important note: if one sentence looks like a full paragraph on a page? You know that’s a run-on sentence.
(4) Make your titles matter. This is something I told you from the start of the term: if your title isn’t catchy or interesting, why would anyone read your work? All the requirements have a grade for title that’s always at least 10 points. This might be the easiest 10 points you can get.
(5) If English is too difficult for you, you have the option to write any and all of the requirements in Tagalog. I apologize that these are the only two languages I am comfortable reading and writing in, and checking. This is my limitation, not yours.
(6) As I’ve reminded you throughout the term, the rubric is important because that tells you what is expected of you, and how high a grade you can get if you took care to look at both the sample essays, listened and watched the lectures, read the modules, and spent some time on your work.
Believe it or not, I can tell if you crammed your work. It’s not just the fact that there’s no spell and grammar check, but also the sense that you wrote down what first came into your head, like you were writing in a journal or diary. The latter is a good thing (we should all be writing down our thoughts!), but none of the requirements for this class allow you to not think about what you’re writing, or to just submit the first thing that pops into your head. :)
Final submissions, whether revised or first drafts, are due on August 2 2021.
Please create a folder in your GDrive folder labelled with your Last Name, First Name <underscore> Final Submissions (i.e., SantiagoKatrina_FinalSubmissions. This should have your final portfolio for this class which includes your reflection essay, feature article, about page, infographic set, AV Script, and screenplay.
Each of your submissions will be labelled based on whether or not you revised it into a final version, or if you just kept it as is. If you DID NOT REVISE, label it Last Name_Requirement_notrevised, i.e., Santiago_AboutPage_notrevised.
If you revised it from the version that I checked, label it Last Name_Requirement_Final, i.e., Santiago_Reflection_Final.
Good luck!
