Today’s Plan:
- Labor Based Grading
- Lightning Talks
- Draft Feedback
- Homework
Labor Based Grading
I wanted to remind you that this course uses labor-based grading. Your grade in Canvas is your “base grade.” Next week I will add bonus points to your grade based on what additional labor you have completed.
Here’s the additional labor activities available:
- Submitting a revision of Project 1 (due December 8th). Reward: I will raise the Canvas grade to 25/25
- Visiting office hours (check to see if this has been awarded) (2 points)
- Visiting the Writing Center (you can still schedule an appointment to go over the revision of your final paper) (2 points)
- Attendance bonus (2 points, will calculate soon)
- Making consistent and meaningful contributions to class discussions (2 points, already awarded)
Lightning Talks
Resources:
- Sign Up
- Template [make a copy, submit link to Canvas]
For our final two class sessions, you will give 4-5 minute lightning talks on your final paper. If you are uncomfortable giving a “talk,” then you are welcome (and encouraged) to read a paper–a five minute talk is about 400 words.
I’ve created a barebones Google Slide template for your presentations. Feel free to add slides, change font/layout/colors, etc. Also, screen shots are awesome in a presentation (remember that Powerpoint is Evil)–you want your slides to contain concise points that you explain to us. Don’t put *too* much writing on a slide–you want the slides to highlight the main points of your talk.
My general expectation is that you will revise your longer paper down to about 3-4 pages double-spaced and have that somewhat memorized. So, again, reading a paper that is accompanied by a presentation is fine.
Draft Feedback
I want to highlight a two issues I saw with papers.
General instructions:
Go through the document and click the checkmark to accept any additions (ADD) or deletions (DELETE) I made. Look at them first, so you can see what I’ve changed. Be careful not to delete the questions/longer comments until you have read and addressed them.
