I was very hopeful about this year's fall research papers as many students discussed excellent topics with me. However, I am finding as I grade weaker papers than I had thought I would get. Many students are focussing on their critics' ideas at the expense of their own reading of the novel's text. Please look again at the criteria sheet which emphasizes your use of the text itself rather than excessive reliance on critics's ideas.
Remember this problem so that you can correct the problem with next semester's research paper on a twentieth or 21st century novel.
Please post a comment as soon as you get your paper back about the research paper. I want you to mention your strengths as well as your weaknesses on the paper and to comment on your plan for improving on the next research project. I also want you to mention how you are going to go about correcting any citation errors (most of the errors are spacing problems).
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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