Assignments

General guidelines for assignments
Short write-ups such as Wiki-based write-ups and end-of-class response papers will be graded along the following scale. low effort || The student tries to answer but shows no evidence of making effort; may show serious misconceptions; does not use any information from readings or lectures (or from previous courses, knowledge, or experience) to formulate the response. || medium effort || Student shows some prior knowledge and uses some correct terminology, but does not provide a complete explanation for the answer. Student does not use appropriate information from the readings or lectures (or prior knowledge). Little evidence of original thought or analysis. || good effort || Student answers the question with few mistakes and with a complete explanation. Student incorporates information from the lectures and readings, and shows original thought or analysis. || very high effort || Student provides a very detailed explanation, with information from outside the course materials, e.g., has obtained and incorporated more information from outside sources, and/or shows great creativity, original thought, or critical thinking skills. ||
 * = **points** || **criteria** || **indicators** ||
 * = 2 || minimal effort || The student does not try to answer, indicates that s/he does not know, or offers minimal or no response. ||
 * = 4 || incorrect answer;
 * = 6 || partially correct answer, but still incomplete;
 * = 8 || correct or nearly correct;
 * = 10 || correct;

NEW: [|General grading criteria for essay assignments].

The final stretch
Proposal for final paper due on 7 Nov. (Monday). The length should be 1/2 - 2 pages, double-spaced. Please bring a hard copy. Here are some samples.

Week 05-06
**Essay assignment #2** This assignment is not a standard essay, but rather, professional writing assignments. You will produce résumés or CVs, and cover letters or an SOP. Think of a type of job or a graduate school major that you would like to apply for some day, and write application materials for that. For this assignment, you have two options. (1) A one-page résumé and two cover letters, for two different prospective employers that you might apply for; OR (2) A CV and an SOP for a graduate school application.

Week 03-05
Note: The essay draft was peer-edited on Monday, 19 Sept.; you are to take it home to revise a bit, so you can turn in a draft to me on Wed., 21 Sept. I will send you feedback, and the final version will be due on Wed., 28 Sept.

1) Essay assignment #1 2) In-class response paper: Your field's paradigm or worldview 3) Wiki write-up #2

You might find it helpful to refer to this sample paper on an academic paradigm for that aspect of the essay assignment (link fixed; note that this is mainly a description of a paradigm itself, not the type of writing in the field) .

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Week 01-02
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">1) Wiki write-up #1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> See the link to the left, fill out the form, and submit it. This counts as a grade. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">2) HW#1: Writing process homework, below.

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework #1: Your writing process =

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">Traditional writing classes viewed writing as a product. The teacher gives an assignment, the students go home, produce a paper, and turn it in. What happens in between was given little attention. Nowadays language teachers recognize the importance of the process of writing – how a writer goes about planning the essay, pre-writing methods, drafting, and multiple stages of revisions (ideally), and finally, a final version. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">For you, it would be helpful to introspect on your your own writing process, and then guide those you tutor to do so as an initial exercise, before you two start working on an actual assignment. Describe your writing process from start to finish, including the following:
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">How you go about doing a major writing task, in English or Korean, at school or work?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">How you get started?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">How you get comfortable?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">How you brainstorm ideas and organize them?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">How, how often, and how much you revise your paper
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">How similar / different your writing process is for different kinds of projects or courses?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">How similar / different your writing process is for English versus Korean assignments?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">If you have writer’s block, explain how you deal with it, and perhaps what causes it (e.g, perfectionism, lack of ideas, too much information to deal with, or negative voices from your past that you've internalized).

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Reflect on your writing process, and write a paper describing your writing process(es), including difficulties that you have, how you overcome them, why you think you have these problems, etc. The focus of homework assignments is mainly the contents, so don't worry about minor grammatical or mechanical errors (spelling, punctuation, etc.) in your homework, and don't worry too much about the structure; as a homework, the form and style can be fairly flexible. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Your write-up should be at least 1-2 pages, no more than 3 pages (1.5 or double spaced; you can print double-sided pages to save trees), due on Monday, 05 Sept. - bring a printed hard copy to hand in at the end of class.