Lesson 6 Notes

Dear Class,
Welcome to Lesson 6! I hope you're ready to reason through complicated dilemmas this week. As you prepare to go through the lesson, please note the following things:

• Please read the optional resource in the Grammar Lesson called "Avoiding Awkward Sentences." It will only take a few minutes to read, and it is well worth your time.
• Watch for debatable quiz questions again. I have submitted one course fix for a grammar quiz question, and I welcome emails addressing additional quiz concerns. I use your feedback when I consider which questions to drop, and which ones to present to Curriculum Development as "bad eggs".
• I hope you appreciate the reading assignments this week. Do yourself a favor and refuse to skim! Which article do you prefer? What makes one article better than the other--for you?
• The rubric for your essay this week has some typos and awkward phrasing. This is the rubric I will use to assess your Lesson 6 essay (like last week, my rubric is asking for the same things the other rubric requests, but I try to make the rubric clearer here):

Grading criteria for Lesson 6 Writing Assignment Final Draft

Max Score	Description
5	The student's first paragraph clearly demonstrates the problem and provides a clear answer in the thesis statement.
10	The student clearly supports the thesis in subsequent paragraphs through logic, experience, examples, and maybe even research.
5	The writer ends on a strong note, reinforcing the thesis and indicating the larger significance of this issue.
5	The presentation has been carefully crafted and edited. It uses Times New Roman, 12 point font and meets the length requirement of 1-1 1/2 pages (350 - 450 words).
Total: 25

•  There is no Thesis Statement guidance in Lesson 6, so please click here to review guidelines for thesis statements. The document will help you write a strong thesis statement.
• For some reason, the Mid-Course feedback is posted in this lesson again. You have already submitted your mid-course feedback, so you can ignore this.

Thanks for gutting out this intensive writing and reading class. I can't emphasize enough how well you are doing. Keep impressing yourselves--if you want to frame your work, or save it in a writing portfolio, you're on the right track!

Love,

Sister Bowen