TED Prep, Day 7: Critiques and Revision

Hey All- I'm out for another marathon grading today.  After only getting through 1.5 papers yesterday, I realized there was no way I'm going to finish all these in time if I'm at school.  I will be checking email a few times today, so if you have a specific question for me, please feel free to email me!  For TED talk advice, you can also talk to Ashley and Kyle.  See you tomorrow for room setup!  Let's do this!

Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 

• Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
• Email/share with me your revised draft
• Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
• Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
• I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
• Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories.  Annotate as you revise to make this easier on yourself!

TED Talk Critiques
Follow the protocol linked above- if no-one in your group is ready, you can skip this, but remember, the more practice you get the better, even if your talk is incomplete.  If you don't critique today, make sure to seek out critique before you TED Talk!

Revision and Practice
When you finish your critiques for the day, work on revising your TED Talk and practicing.  Seriously, PRACTICE.  This is key to success!

HOMEWORK:
Practice your TED Talk!  We are looking for polished and professional here.  If your thesis had big structural/argumentation issues, make sure to fix them in your TED talk, even if you're not revising your paper!