{"id":1303,"date":"2017-12-30T01:37:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T01:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2019-07-23T03:05:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T03:05:55","slug":"responding-with-feedback-to-an-entire-class-in-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/wac\/responding-with-feedback-to-an-entire-class-in-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"RESPONDING WITH FEEDBACK TO AN ENTIRE CLASS IN LITERATURE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Sometimes instructors find themselves writing the same comments on almost every student paper. This example shows how an instructor gives an entire class collective feedback about the most common problems she found in their papers, eliminating the need for detailed explanation on each student\u2019s paper<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>

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Dear 207 Folks,<\/p>

I wanted to give you some collective feedback\u00a0about this first paper, in addition to the more personalized notes I\u2019ve left on each response sheet. Overall, I truly enjoyed reading these papers; most showed evidence of careful thought and hard work. I appreciate that. However, there were some errors common to many papers, and some comments that I found myself writing over and over again, so I thought it might be useful to address them here.<\/p>

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Description vs. Analysis:<\/p>

Many of you had the right instinct and cited the text in your papers\u2014a fine beginning! However, telling your reader what is there in your poem (just describing it) takes the reader only half-way; continue by teasing out the how and why questions (questions of significance). Also, especially with poetry (but also with prose), it\u2019s often useful to ponder the precise language that the author employs\u2014consider these detailed, technical matters and pose a theory of their significance for your reader.<\/p>

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Documentation:<\/p>

You underline books, like Songs of Innocence<\/em>, and quote poems, like \u201cHoly Thursday.\u201d Also, after a quote from a poem, identify it with a line number (not a page number) in parentheses.<\/p>

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Its vs. It\u2019s:<\/p>

If you want to write the contraction for \u201cit is\u201d then use \u201cit\u2019s.\u201d For example: It\u2019s about time we were leaving. If you want to write about something that belongs to \u201cit\u201d then use \u201cits.\u201d For example, My dog could chase its tail all day long.<\/p>

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I hope you\u2019ll keep these tips in mind next time you sit down to work on a paper\u2014for this (or any other) class.<\/p>

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Thanks for all your effort.<\/p>

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And if you have any questions at all\u2014about comments, grades, the poems themselves, etc., I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE you to come in and chat. If my office hours aren\u2019t convenient, I\u2019m happy to make an appointment.<\/p>

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