TED Talk Sign Up, Passive Voice, and Revision

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. SPAM 3:  This is due to me on WEDNESDAY, 2/28, by 3:30.
2. Off Campus Wednesday!  Be at the library or Durango Roasters from 9:00-11:45.

TED Talk Sign Up
The link above will open at 3:00 pm today for TED Talk sign up.  Please make sure you sign up for one spot.  If you have specific needs regarding your TED Talk time, please talk to me during class TODAY so I can make sure you get what you need.

Sentence Focus and Passive Voice
Complete the short workshop on how to revise for these things.  Then make sure that you actually revise for these things!

Thesis Revision
Stuck?  Go back and revise for the following:

PHASE 1: Most Important

1. Structural Changes:  Reorganization sections, resequence
2. Additions/Expansion: Add additional evidence/research, expand on your analysis, add new arguments

PHASE 2: Cohesion and Sentence Level (leave a few days for this)

1. Cohesion:  In your analysis of evidence, make sure that you are building on and relating to earlier points and arguments.  In your topics and transitions, make sure you are frequently referencing how this point helps to prove your thesis.
2. Transitions:  Make sure you have have them, and that they connect paragraphs and sections cleanly.
3. Quote Setup/Follow Up:  Make sure that all your quotes have a setup that gives necessary context, and a follow up that explains the quote, and clearly connects that particular quote to your argument.
4. Sentence Level:  Check for passive voice and focus, sentence variety (mix of long and short sentences).
5. Hemingway Editor:  This is a GREAT resource for sentence level revision!  You still need to use your brain, but this can really help you identify sentence level issues.
   

PHASE 3:  Proofreading (leave a day for this)

1. Quote setup punctuation
2. MLA in-text citations
3. Punctuation/spelling/contractions
4. Works Cited (formatting and alphabetize)
5. MLA Formatting
6. Write your abstract
7. READ IT OUT LOUD to catch flow and proofreading issues.

HOMEWORK:

1. Work on revising your Senior Thesis!  FINAL DRAFT is due Monday, March 5 at the START OF CLASS.  It should be shared with me and your Senior Project Advisor, and I want one PRINTED copy in my inbox at this time as well.