Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

Reading Response 3 and Presentation Guidelines

Reading Response 3

The last reading response (2 pp.; MLA format) is a way for you to present your examination of texts we have read and discussed this semester and to bring together skills in reading, critical thinking, and writing that we have worked on these past few months. Hand in your response in class on Monday, November 23, 2015.

Revision

Polish your draft to fix problems regarding the argument, support, prose, organization, mechanics, and style to  make your writing more effective. Some things to keep in mind as you proofread and edit your work:

• Does my title show that I have a point to make?

• Is my thesis sound, clear, and interesting?

• Have I supported my thesis with compelling evidence?

• Is the organization of my paper logical and appropriate to the arguments I am making?

• Is my language clear, consistent, and suited to the subject matter?

• Do each of my paragraphs have a clear point and coherence?

• Have I incorporated quotations smoothly into my own prose?
• Do I provide balanced analysis of the quotes I cite?

• Are my sentences varied, interesting, and effective?

• Do my verbs agree with their subjects? Pronouns with their nouns?

• Is my paper free of spelling mistakes?

• Have I cited my sources properly?

Final Presentation

Presentation of your response on week 16 of class: Monday, November 23 and Wednesday, November 25, 2015 will be a friendly forum of panels. Each panel of three responses will have fifteen minutes to present their study of texts on the syllabus. This will be followed by a five to ten-minute question and answer session. A moderator will be presiding over the presentations and discussion session of each panel, introducing the speakers, mediating the questions and responses, and making sure things stay on our tight schedule.

Practice reading your presentation aloud and edit for speakability, clarity, and time.

Respondents give constructive comments on the panelists' talk, indicating illuminating and effective points made, pointing out problems to fix ex. content, logic, substantiation, organization, clarification, delivery, and giving further commentary and opinions on the issues being discussed.

 
You will be graded both for your performance in giving your talk and in responding to your classmates' presentations, how you present your own ideas and how you show that you know how to listen to, think about, and discuss ideas that others propose.

A program of the final presentation schedule will be posted on our detailed schedule page once panel and paper titles, speakers and moderators are finalized. You are responsible for e-mailing me any revisions to your work title.

Please inform me of any special equipment needs, otherwise our in-class computer (which uses Microsoft Office 2007) and LCD projector is provided.

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Last updated November 21, 2015