3.19 Workshop on Short Analysis

In class today we reviewed the criteria for the Short analysis project and created a rubric (pasted in below) for evaluating drafts for this project.  We then used the rubric to evaluate the draft so far - and to come up with some clear specific statements of what the writers needed to work on in order to produce a stronger essay.

Short analysis evaluation rubric:
Focus - 30 points: should be set up in the beginning and pulled together in the end, may a statement for the research questions + the importance of those questions, identification of the data that will be analyzed, any relevant definitions, an overview of important categories/findings).  This may take more than one paragraph. The focus should allow the reader to know what the analysis is 'about'.

Indentification of categories - 15 points: should name & provide detailed definition of all features that are relevant to the research question + that the researcher will discuss in the analysis of the data

Identification of patterns - 15points: should connect two or more categories and features by defining the relationship between those categories and features.  For example, in the SHS analysis the writer identified how the story's length correlated with both the use of all the story elements (another category), and with funniness (the feature of SDSs he was writing about).

Explanation of patterns - 20 points:  this is a more detailed discussion where the writer identifies multiple patterns and explains how they work together with respect to the focus of the paper. 

Use of examples - 20 points: Examples should be used to identify categories and patterns and to explain/discuss the connection of the patterns to the research question.  Use of examples is evaluated based on whether the writer has chosen an appropriate example, whether it fully illustrates the point s/he is making, and whether it fits within the focus of the overall papers.

For next class:
Blog 14:  post a complete draft suitable for workshopping in class

Attend your conference (as scheduled below).

Thursday: 12:15 Jillian; 12:30 Corinne; 12:45 Sharrelle; 1:00 Krista; 1:15 Stephanie; 1:30 Janeida; 1:45 Joanna ; 3:00 Kimberly; 3:15 Arlette; 3:30 Dana;

The final paper is tentatively schedule as due on Tuesday, March 26.