Goals and progress check-in, November 20

Jennifer:

To be honest, I haven't really done anything with my paper this week. I have been busy trying to finish the other paper I had to do. I have looked at the peer review and have taken notes on what I want to add to my paper, but that is about it.
Goals:
1. Finish the draft
2. Get bibliography sorted


Matthew:

After going through and seeing how much of a mess my rough draft is organization wise, I am focusing on two things this week.
Goals:
1) Finish my rough draft for Tuesday.
2) Re-organize my thoughts for my paper.

Taylor:

This week I have looked over my peer review. I have made a lot of changes and have started the first two pages.
-Finish the rough draft at full length

Al:

After reorganizing my notes and listening to feed back from class I can now focus on more important facts of my research.
-Finish rough draft

Goals and progress check-in, November 11

Allison:

It feels like now that we have the peer-review process started, paper writing should be a bit smoother from here on out... Or is that just me?
Goals:
1. Finish peer review by noon tomorrow
2. Write 700 words
3. Reorganize my paper based on the peer review (I know my organization needs revamped already)

Matthew:

This week I have been looking at the peer review and making note of what I could do to improve my own paper. I felt like I need to explain more efficiently and get to the point and explain where it is proper. My rough draft is a mess now, but I have some ideas on better organizing my thoughts.
Goals:
1. Create an outline of my rough draft and put my arguments in place that actually make sense.
2. Finish Peer review for Wednesday.
3. Write approximately 500 words or more that could be added to next rough draft.

Jennifer:

I agree with Allison. I think with the peer-reviews it makes the process a bit smoother. In seeing the flaws of my fellow classmate, I have been able to see my own flawed paper.
Goals:
1. After getting the review back sit down with it and see where I want to go with my paper
2. Continue to integrate the secondary sources
3. Get my citations and bibliography sorted

Taylor:

I feel like doing the peer reviewed has allowed me to see others mistakes and the mistakes that I know that I have made and have made me see what I need to do for a good paper.
Goals:
1. Get a solid introduction
2. Make sure that my paragraphs are not all jumbled together
3. Look over paper after it has been reviewed and see where I need to go from there
4. I know that I need to make more "connections" in my paper
5. Make a awesome conclusion

Madison:

This week I have examined all of my work so far. I have also revised my first draft. I have also been looking at my sources again and organizing my thoughts.
Goals:
1. Write next draft
2. examine bibliography again
3. organize thoughts more clearly

Al:

1. Continue with rough draft
2. Look over Bibliography
3. develop solid conclusion

Goals and progress check-in, November 4

Madison

This week I have examined my research and made adjustments to my question and arguments. I have narrowed down what I will be discussing in my paper as well. I have also found more secondary sources.
Goals:
1. finish rough draft
2. finish bibliography
3. polish research

 Alex

goals:
- finish rough draft (right now)
- begin refining for first draft
- not much else--this weekend is insane.

Matthew

I have started writing my rough draft and have started inserting some of my sources to strengthen my arguments.
Goals:
- iron out my rough draft (it is kind of clunky still)
- start elaborating on the main points in the paper

Jennifer

I was able to find what I think will be all of my secondary sources. I have also written a quite rough first draft.
Goals:
~I want to get my thoughts together more so that my paper will come together more
~I want to make sure I don't let myself get distracted from the paper

Elizabeth

I have started writing, I am working on the exact direction I want to go with my evidence. I have found most of the sources I will be using, the rest will come as I discover I need more evidence.
- continue writing
-work on my weak introduction
-look at better ways to transition from paragraph to paragraph

Al

I have all the primary and secondary sources for this paper.
Goals
-Work on rough draft
-Create Bibliography
-Clear Introduction
-Provide evidence of thesis 

New Timeline for Papers

Here are the revised due dates for stages of the paper: October 30 -- first draft of 1200-1500 words due at beginning of class.

• The document needs to be in MS Word or Pages format; the title should be "[last name] HIST 201 draft 1 for review". Please submit (as an attachment) it via email to Dr. Hofmann with the subject "HIST 201 First Draft"
  
  
• The draft must include an/the introduction to your paper that sets up the topic and states your general thesis.
  
  
• After the Introduction, the rest of the paper should indicate where you are going and what your evidence is. You can do this by writing a shortened version of the paper, or by writing a detailed outline of the rest of the paper. A detailed outline should have, e.g., from 2-3 sentences to a couple of paragraphs that show an argument and specific evidence you plan to use.
  
  
• Please append your bibliography to the draft

November 5 ("Remember, Remember") -- Peer-review of drafts due back to Dr. Hofmann by noon.

• Rubric will be available on blackboard, and should be appended to the reviewed draft.
  
  
• Change the name of the file by substituting the words "for review" to "rev [reviewer last name]" (leave the rest of the original file name as written. In other words, the file should be saved as "[author last name] HIST 201 draft 1 rev [reviewer last name]"
  
  
• In Word or Pages, select the reviewing functions and make sure that they are set to allow you to use comment bubbles and track changes.
  
  
• Comment and make suggestions and corrections according to the rubric
  
  
• Submit the document via email attachment to Dr. Hofmann with the subject "HIST 201 peer-reviewed draft 1"

November 6 -- drafts returned to students with peer and Dr. Hofmann comments



November 18 -- Complete draft due for turnaround to peer reviewers.

• This should be a fairly polished draft, and have no spelling, grammar, or typographic errors. Please use the final paper rubric for guidance.
  
  
• Please title the draft "[last name] HIST 201 Rough Draft for review" and submit by email attachment with the subject "HIST 201 Rough Draft for review"

November 20 -- Peer reviews due to Dr. Hofmann by beginning of class

• Please change title of document as before, i.e., by substituting "rev [reviewer last name]" for "for review"
  
  
• As before, use the reviewing functions to review the document. Highlight actual typos, misspellings, and grammatical errors. You DO NOT need to correct typos or spelling errors -- just highlight them. For grammatical errors, highlight and indicate what's wrong, e.g., "wrong preposition," or "should be a semi-colon." You may also comment on how to correct or revise. Make sure to do this for citation text as well.
  
  
• For all other problems (look in the rubric for guidelines, but in general, things like awkward/unclear sentences/passages; lack of thesis; missing (or apparently missing) citations, etc.) add comments with explanations and/or suggestions for revision
  
  
• Fill out the rubric (on blackboard). On the tables, you can indicate the level of the paper by adding an X somewhere on or below the spectrum line, or highlight the text that most closely describes the paper in that category. Append it to the end of the paper (start a new section)
  
  
• Submit it as an email attachment with the subject "HIST 201 Peer-Reviewed Rough Draft"

November 21 (evening) -- Reviewed drafts with additional comments by Dr. Hofmann returned to students



November 25 -- Last possible date to ask Dr. Hofmann for advice on revisions. Requests due no later than 5 p.m.



December 2 -- Final PRINTED, HARD COPY draft due to Dr. Hofmann before class (slight change, as I realized that there was no reason for a Monday due date). Please use the rubric check list to make sure you have hit all of the basic requirements. Papers that do not meet those requirements will be returned and the grade will immediately be reduced by five points, with an additional five points taken off if the corrections are not made by noon Wednesday, and a further five points (total of 15 points!) if the paper is not returned before class on December 4. No one can afford to lose these points, so please proofread.

Goals and progress check-in, October 28

Last Weeks Goals

Taylor --
- Start on my rough draft this weekend 
- Cite all of my primary and secondary sources
- Finish the excel document for my Dear. Mr. President recordings
- Work on my thesis

Jennifer --
- I want to be able to get the rest of my secondary sources
- I want to start a draft. I need to write. 

Elizabeth --
- write.
- write.
- after getting some writing down, figure out where he holes in my research are and find sources to fill in those holes

Allison --
- Read through and analyze the will
- Write. Write. Write. Get to that 1,200 word rough draft on our timeline. All my efforts will focus on this because I also have another paper due next week as well, so I can't afford to mess around.

Alex -- 

- find some of these books in the library in hard copy

- look for full articles from abstracts I've recovered

- organize secondary sources in terms of helpful evidence

Matthew --

- Have a clear and defined set of secondary sources that are relevant to my paper.
- Start and work on my rough draft.

Madison --

- finish rough draft
- find more secondary sources to incorporate
- review all sources and look over paper and questio

Al --

- I got everything I need for my research. Right now, I need to workout a rough draft and organize my sources.

Week 3 10/22/14

This week I completed looking over each of the recordings and wrote down each individual occupation for each. Thesis statement is still coming along but I have all my secondary sources for my bibliography. I found some written documents pertaining to the recordings and the reactions. I think I will probably use these to further along my research paper. I also started making the connections I needed to in my "Man on the Street" recordings and I have put them in an excel document. 

Goals:
1. Start on my rough draft this weekend
2. Cite all of my primary and secondary sources
3. Finish the excel document for my Dear. Mr. President recordings
4. Work on my thesis

Jennifer's progress 10/22

This week has been a bit crazy for me because of this I have not gotten done everything that I wanted to get done. I was able to finish looking through my primary sources. I also found secondary sources and was able to get a very rough outline.
For this week:
I want to be able to get the rest of my secondary sources
I want to start a draft. I need to write.