Course Level Outcomes	Lesson Level Outcomes	Assessed By
Thesis, focus, and purpose; reasoning and support	Investigate and analyze your chosen type of technology, identify the main point you are making about it, and identify credible evidence and apply in Essay #3	Essay #3
Organization; signal phrasing; voice and style; and writing conventions and MLA page layout	Identify methods of clear organization and the conventions of standard English and apply in Essay #3	Essay #3

After you’ve struggled with the purpose and design of your draft, it is time to revise for language—how you said things rather than what you said. Only after you’re satisfied that your paper’s purpose is clear, that it provides readers with the information they need to understand about what you’re trying to say, and that it is organized in a logical, interesting way, then focus your attention on the fine points of how it is written.This final week of the term finds you revising your “dental draft,” as Anne Lamott would say. This is when the content of your essay should be relatively set, and you want to play around with organization as well as make a final pass at editing for grammar, punctuation, and making sure that your paper and citations are in MLA format.

Begin with voice. Listen to your paper by reading it aloud to yourself. As you read, ask yourself: Is this the voice you want readers to hear? Does it seem appropriate for this paper? Does it sound flat or wooden or ponderous in any places? Does it sound anything like you?

Now look over these final paper tips:

1) When you refer to an author of a source, use the first and last name the first time you mention the author and only the last name every time after that. Don't forget to include page numbers in your citations if it is a print source.

2) Every paper should have an ingenious title that reflects the focus of the paper without giving your argument away entirely.

3) Each body paragraph of your paper should have a topic sentence that sets up the focus of the paragraph. The topic sentence should not be a paraphrase or quote. It should be your own original sentence.

4) Try not to end paragraphs with citations. If you do this, you could be letting your sources do the arguing for you when you are supposed to be doing the arguing and using your sources to back you up.

5) Fully explain every paraphrase, summary, and direct quote and relate them back to your thesis.

6) Provide some info on your sources' credentials.

7) If your opposing viewpoint makes a good point, it’s okay to state that. The key, however, is that your viewpoint has better points, stronger points, and one or two good points on the opposing side is not going to hurt your argument.

8) Remember to explain your ideas—be specific, provide examples!

9) Remember to explain your ideas--be specific, provide examples! (I say this twice because details really are the key to a good paper.)

10) Make sure that your thesis is presented either in your introduction or near your conclusion. It should never appear somewhere in the middle of your paper.

11) Make sure to use signal phrases to introduce quotes or paraphrase from your sources. It is NEVER okay to omit the signal phrase; that is called a “dropped quote,” meaning you just “dropped” it in without integrating it properly.

12) Make sure that your paragraphs follow each other in an organized way. See if you can break the paper into three or four large subcategories, each with several paragraphs.

13) In the conclusion of your paper, don’t start with “in conclusion.” This is too easy for an English 101 paper. Be more creative! Answer the "so what" question: Why should people care about your topic even if it doesn't directly affect them?

14) Proofread!

15) Try to avoid using “you” in academic writing.

16) In terms of grammar, be careful with vague pronoun references.

17) Follow MLA conventions.

Don’t do this:

Procrastination

:: Reading

Read 11.1: Final Revisions Lecture
Read 11.2: MLA Style Checklist

:: Discussion

Post 17 is due Monday by Midnight: In this post you and your peers will be compiling a final paper checklist. You will each add ONE specific detail for your peers to remember when doing their final revisions. See my first post for specifics.

:: Assignment

Essay #3 due Monday, December 5, by Midnight. Turn this in through the assignment link in Lesson 7.

Don't do this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAeY_SZ66l0