Notes & Drafts

F.Y.I. As a reminder, the flaw essay is a step-by-step production with participation points for the initial 7 steps of the process. These 7 steps were broken down into three sections: step 1-4 (brainstorming, flaw selection, counterflaw selection, and claim), steps 5-6 (writing notes - i.e. actual quotes, statistics, and facts - from each source and selecting the given range), and step 7 (first draft). If you have elected to not complete some of the steps by the given deadline, you will not receive participation points for those parts of the assignment. Participation points, while little in bits and pieces, do sometimes make the difference in the long run. 

And as a second reminder, all the deadlines for the assignment are final deadlines, which means absentees still have opportunities to gain points for all of the work. Here is the exact language on the assignment handout:*All the deadlines are the final deadline to have work checked or turned in. You may work at your own pace and complete items as soon as possible. If absent on a deadline, you are expected to turn in your work. That means either e-mailing, sharing, or taking pictures and sending them to your instructor to prove your completion of the given task. If you are at school or any part of the day, you are still required to have your work checked.

For all classes, we checked steps 5-7 and then divided into peer review groups to finalize the essay. If you were absent, you are expected to peer review outside of class if you want to have that feedback to help you with the drafting process. All the rules of writing argumentation, exemplification, and quote incorporation still apply to this essay. And, don't forget that this is a research essay. If you don't have citations and a Works Cited Page included you will not score higher than a 2 as you did not follow the prompt. 

The Flaw Essay is the culminating assignment of the quarter - it ties together everything we have worked on for the past 8 weeks. Hence, this is a substantial assignment and the opportunity to show off your writing skills, informed examples, and overall essay ability.