The majority of class today was spent finalizing our
Intertextuality Essays, as today is our last day to work on them. Mr. Rivers
uploaded a PowerPoint called Expository Checklist to utilize while reviewing
our drafts. This was a very helpful source in how to improve our essays. Each
slide focused on a different component of an essay. The first focused on the
content of our essay. This slide helped to ensure that throughout our essay we
use specific evidence from each source in each body paragraph. This slide was
beneficial for me while reviewing my essay, because certain body paragraphs
lacked evidence from one of my sources. The following slides focused on
Organization, Voice and Style, Presentation and Research and Citation. Research
and Citation was one of the main focuses during class today. Multiple students
were asking Mr. Rivers if their works cited was correct and if they were citing
their evidence correctly. After using
the Expository Checklist, we were then required to answer questions on Google
Classroom regarding our essays. These questions were, 1: Which question best
helped YOU improve your paper? 2: How did it help your paper? While working
on our essays, Mr. Rivers displayed a timer that was counting down to 11:59 p.m.
that had been posted on Google classroom. It mainly struck fear in the students
eyes, as we all had a realization that there were only so many hours left till
we had to commit to submitting our Intertextuality Essay after weeks of
preparation. Overall, class was spent making final touches to our essays while
we anxiously await the strike of midnight when (hopefully) all our essays will
be completed and turned in.
Great response here. I feel like you captured everything that happened throughout the class, which is definitely helpful for anyone who missed class today.
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