Day 32: Review of Introductions & Conclusions

Short List

1. Attendance Check and Warm-up
2. Introduction and Conclusion Quiz-Making
3. Taking the "Quizzes" and Teaching

Homework:By Monday, have a rough draft of our rhetorical analyses:

• Drafts of Introductions and Conclusions
• Outlines of Body Paragraphs 
• (Optional): Whole body paragraphs

Optional (& Recommended): Peer Review
This will be required after Monday's class.

• I will tell you your partner
• Follow these steps:
1. Send an email with your rough draft to both your partner and me
2. Carefully and kindly review your partner's draft using this worksheet
3. Email the worksheet and the first draft back to both your partner and me

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The Details
Schedule of events:

1. [5-10 minutes] Attendance Check and Warm-Up:
Are there any questions about your drafts of the assignments?

2. [10 minutes] Introduction and Conclusion Quiz-Making

What do you remember about introductions and conclusions?  Would you be able to pass a quiz on them?  Even more important, would you be able to write a good introduction and conclusion?

In four small groups, we will create quizzes on each and "test" our classmates.

Instructions:

• The "quizzes" will each have 7 questions
• The "quizzes" will be conducted orally and visually on one computer screen.  
• At least one person in the group should be prepared to spend 3-5 minutes giving a short presentation teaching/reviewing the other group about your topic. 

Resources:
Only look at the resources for your group! If you are in the introduction group, please do not click on the conclusions group link and vice versa!

Introduction Groups	Conclusion Groups

3. [30 minutes] Taking the "Quizzes" and Teaching
At this point, you will spend a few minutes taking each other's quizzes.  Following each "quiz" a member of the team giving the "quiz" will teach for a few minutes on each topic.  Then, after about 15 minutes, we will switch sides. :)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT:
We will not meet in this classroom at all next week.  On MONDAY we will meet in the Undergraduate Library (UGL).  Please meet in the upstairs entrance to the UGL.  If you do not know where this is, stay and talk with me and I will explain it.  

We will, on Monday, schedule times to meet one-on-one for individual conferences about your drafts.  This means, after Monday, each of you will meet with me individually instead of holding class.  But, since two class days are cancelled, if you miss your appointment with me, it will count double on attendance. Again, this will be discussed more on Monday.  

Homework:By Monday, have a rough draft of our rhetorical analyses:

• Drafts of Introductions and Conclusions
• Outlines of Body Paragraphs 
• (Optional): Whole body paragraphs

Optional (& Recommended): Peer Review:
This will be required after Monday's class.

• I will tell you your partner
• Follow these steps:
1. Send an email with your rough draft to both your partner and me
2. Carefully and kindly review your partner's draft using this worksheet
3. Email the worksheet and the first draft back to both your partner and me

Attribution: This lesson uses Jeff Arrigo's 2013 original materials. I have adapted and designed the activities to fit my teaching style and classroom atmosphere.