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Authors Name: Editors Name: Editors Sheet: Fill this out; make a copy; use the sheet to introduce

the paper you have edited to the rest of your small group during your assigned paper conference. When the conference is over, hand over the original copy to the author of the paper you have edited, along with his/her completed draft. Keep a copy of this sheet just in case your author loses the original so that you receive credit: THIS IS WORTH 5% OF YOUR TOTAL GRADE. Please treat this exercise with respect because it is your job to collaborate to help other authors. First of all, read to yourself, carefully, the paper that you will introduce. Then work with the paper according to the following guidelines: 5 points: Heading information. Is the heading information in the same format as appears page 621 of the Hodges Harbrace Handbook? Yes or No _______ If No, what needs to be changed?

5 points

Title: Does the title let you (the reader) know what the paper will be about? Yes or No _____ If No, what suggestions would you make to help your author create a useful title?

5 points

In the introduction, can you find the thesis? If you cannot find the thesis immediately, go to the conclusion to track it down there. Now, can you identify the thesis? Yes or No ________ Write the thesis down:

10 points

Is it exquisitely clear? Yes or No______________ If the thesis isnt clear, please provide a suggestion to help your author create a thesis that is clear to a reader. Write on the back of this page if necessary.

5 points

In the introduction, can you find the essay map? Yes or No _______ Is the essay map clear? Yes or No_____________ Write down the essay map:

5 points

5 points

If the essay map is not clear, please provide a suggestion to help your author create an essay map that is clear to a reader. This suggestion could include word

Authors Name: Editors Name: choice, sentence length, and/or going to the topic sentences to look for ideas.

5 points

With what rhetorical device does the introduction begin? _________________ _______________________________________________________________ Is it catchy? Yes or No__________ Is the introduction focused on the TOPIC of the essay? Yes or No _________ If NO, what would you suggest the author omit/change?

5 points.

Are the relationships between the sentences made clear by means of Consistently good use of transitions? Yes or No ______________ If no, put an X on the essay where you would like to see transitions added. Dont skimp on this.

5 points

Make a comment that you feel is useful to help your author revise his/her introductory paragraph. Write on the back of the page, if necessary.

10 points

Can you find a topic sentence for each body paragraph? Yes or No ______ If you can find them, is each topic sentence appropriate for the paragraph in which it appears? Why or Why not? Put a ! beside each topic sentence.

10 points

Is each point and subpoint of each topic sentence validated by an example from the diary or the Tao Te Ching? Yes or No ________ If No, put an * beside each place where an example is necessary. Are there more examples than are necessary to validate the point/subpoint? Yes Or No _______ If Yes, but EXTRA EXAMPLE beside the extra example.

5 points

Is there discussion/analysis in the authors own voice in every body paragraph? Yes or No ______ If No, write DISCUSSION? beside the paragraph from which the discussion/analysis is missing. Are all examples from the diary introduced as being from the diary? Yes or No _______

5 points

Authors Name: Editors Name: Are all examples from the Tao Te Chings poems introduced and cited correctly? Yes or No _____ For Example (Lao Tsu 15) as a citation for Poem Fifteen of the Tao Te Ching. Please write citation? where citations are missing from the body paragraphs. 5 points Please write one detailed comment about the body paragraphs of the essay. This may include both suggestions for improvement and indications of what you found to be satisfying. Writing AWESOME! (or an equivalent, thought saving clich) will earn you no points.

5 points

The conclusion should contain, at minimum: 1) a rewording of the thesis statement (or a strongly implied thesis statement, 2) a rewording/summary of the essay map AND 3) a final sentence that leads the reader into the topic of the thesis. The essay should end with a sentence and a last word that is satisfying and energetic. 1) Is the thesis present and reworded? Yes or No __________ 1a) OR is the thesis strongly implied? Yes or NO _________ 2) Is the essay map present and reworded? Yes or NO _________ 3) Does the last sentence seem energetic by its variety of word length, precise punctuation and careful word choice? Please write a final comment to your author to help him/her revise the concluding paragraph so that the reader will leave the essay satisfied. Dont skimp on your suggestion.

5 points _______ 100 points

Youll notice punctuation doesnt receive attention here. You may certainly suggest that your author edit his/her paper to correct the punctuation in any comment space where it is appropriate. Please use this form to help you introduce the paper to your group at the paper conference.

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