As I stated in class, I am not downloading your research reports and converting them to be able to highlight, comment, and then return them to you as I did for your exams last semester. I would need a clone to be able to do that. CTLS is far too unwieldy to allow this for 138 papers of this size. It is yet another casualty of virtual learning. Returning physical papers to physically present students is far easier and less time consuming (and more helpful to learning) than what CTLS can provide. Understandably, many of you want to know why you scored average or below average on this report. It will be necessary for you to analyze your own report based on the information below. Another good thing for you to do is perhaps look at my comments on all previous papers you have submitted to me. Are you still making the same errors? This is second semester, and I have already addressed ad infinitum and ad nausium several MLA, grammar, and punctuation issues that I am no longer excusing. I am counting off heavily for anything I have presented to you thus far in instruction. Codes for these errors will appear on your ctls comments after Monday 3/15.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PAPER. If you have ONE error in these requirements, you have probably scored a 70 or lower. See the PowerPoint provided after the first paper last semester and the Quoting Handout provided to you as well as any document provided with your returned exam from last semester.
* A clearly stated thesis statement at the end of an introduction that was at least 5 sentences long. (I)
* Two complete TIDIDE body paragraphs with parentheticals punctuated precisely in MLA format. Sometimes students leave off the E or the transition words, and OFTEN, students are not punctuating the parentheticals correctly. This is inexcusable. (BP)
* All three types of lead ins (b, ss, and s) must be present in the body paragraphs, punctuated precisely as instructed. (Q)
* Both right and left headers and margins in precise MLA formatting. Any error here is inexcusable and sadly common. (M)
* Correctly formatted only-double-spaced Works Cited page with hanging indent. In alphabetic order NOT using "A" or "The." (WC)
PUNCTUATION/GRAMMAR. If you have TWO of any of these, you probably scored a 70 or lower. See the Georgia State writing error doc and the PowerPoint you have been provided with in class as well as attachments to your returned exam.
* Run-ons (RO)
* Fanboy errors (FB)
* Introductory comma errors (IC)
* Commas after the quotations for a referenced article instead of being included inside the quotes along with the article name (C)
* Agreement errors (AG)
* Use of first person (I, we) or second person (you) (P)
* Misspellings (SP)
* Possessive errors (POSS)
* Punctuation/Grammar/Clarity errors resulting in logical flow failure (LOG)
* Capitalization errors (CAP)
* Literary present errors (LP)
The above represent the majority of errors I have found on the papers graded so far. I have vowed to have all of these papers graded and loaded in to Synergy before the end of the 2nd 6 weeks. Thank you for your patience, and please realize that all grading of papers, this one and all in-class writings, is done after school hours on my own personal time as work time is taken up by a plethora of other duties, many of which are due to the new virtual environment. Also, because I am swamped with grading these, from now on I will not be able to respond to your emails after hours or on weekends.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PAPER. If you have ONE error in these requirements, you have probably scored a 70 or lower. See the PowerPoint provided after the first paper last semester and the Quoting Handout provided to you as well as any document provided with your returned exam from last semester.
* A clearly stated thesis statement at the end of an introduction that was at least 5 sentences long. (I)
* Two complete TIDIDE body paragraphs with parentheticals punctuated precisely in MLA format. Sometimes students leave off the E or the transition words, and OFTEN, students are not punctuating the parentheticals correctly. This is inexcusable. (BP)
* All three types of lead ins (b, ss, and s) must be present in the body paragraphs, punctuated precisely as instructed. (Q)
* Both right and left headers and margins in precise MLA formatting. Any error here is inexcusable and sadly common. (M)
* Correctly formatted only-double-spaced Works Cited page with hanging indent. In alphabetic order NOT using "A" or "The." (WC)
PUNCTUATION/GRAMMAR. If you have TWO of any of these, you probably scored a 70 or lower. See the Georgia State writing error doc and the PowerPoint you have been provided with in class as well as attachments to your returned exam.
* Run-ons (RO)
* Fanboy errors (FB)
* Introductory comma errors (IC)
* Commas after the quotations for a referenced article instead of being included inside the quotes along with the article name (C)
* Agreement errors (AG)
* Use of first person (I, we) or second person (you) (P)
* Misspellings (SP)
* Possessive errors (POSS)
* Punctuation/Grammar/Clarity errors resulting in logical flow failure (LOG)
* Capitalization errors (CAP)
* Literary present errors (LP)
The above represent the majority of errors I have found on the papers graded so far. I have vowed to have all of these papers graded and loaded in to Synergy before the end of the 2nd 6 weeks. Thank you for your patience, and please realize that all grading of papers, this one and all in-class writings, is done after school hours on my own personal time as work time is taken up by a plethora of other duties, many of which are due to the new virtual environment. Also, because I am swamped with grading these, from now on I will not be able to respond to your emails after hours or on weekends.