In-Class Reflection: Draft 1

English 101: Introduction to College Writing – Spring 2013

In-class activity: reflecting on revision

1.     You have been given several essays written by your classmates. Read them, marking them up just as you did “Standing By.”

2.      Create a blog post and title it “Reflecting on Revision.”

3.      Next, write several paragraphs in which you explain:

a.     What was most interesting to you in the other students’ writing?

b.     What stood out or surprised you?

c.     What do you wish you had noticed that someone else noticed? How do you think the other writer(s) were able to see those things?

d.     Use quotes or specific examples from the other students’ writing to help explain what you mean.

4.     Now, take what you noticed in the writing of others to focus on your own essay, writing a few more paragraphs in which you consider the following:

a.     How did you go about writing your essay and making choices—like the order of your paragraphs, your introduction, the evidence you used, the questions you asked, the distinctions you made, etc.

b.     What changes would you make in your own paper, if you were to revise it now?

c.     Use quotes or specific examples from your own writing to help explain what you mean.