A Student’s Guide to Beginning Criterion

1 A Student s Guide to Beginning Criterion You re on your way to becoming a better writer!What does it take to become a better writer?More FeedbackMore DraftingMore Pre-WritingCriterion Provides24/7 Online AccessOnline PortfolioRegister as a new userIf your received an email like the one above, copy the access to the Criterion your user accountCreate your user accountEnter the access code provided by your your Last name, first name and middle an email address if requested by your a user name unique to your a passwordCreate a security question and messageClick In ScreenEnter your newly created user name and home pageCheck for notices.

2 Click on the name of your an assignmentClick the Assignment a a a planChoose a plan text into your Save when your plan is your completed planClick here to begin your draft, or click the Response your responseReview the your essay directly into this box, or copy and paste your response from a word processing the plan tab to toggle between your plan and the response. Copy and paste from your to Save frequently as you type. Click Submit when the essay is ready for you click SubmitRecheck the content of your essay by asking yourself these I have an introductory paragraph that creates interest in the essay, lets the reader know the general topic and tells the reader the main idea (thesis) of the essay?

3 I used topic sentences to address each of my main ideas and to announce the idea of each paragraph, tell the reader where the essay is going or to make a bridge between two paragraphs or main ideas? my supporting ideas help to convince the reader that my main ideas are good ones? Have I told a story, given examples, reasons, details, or used metaphors or analogies to help the reader understand my ideas? I have a concluding paragraph that restates my thesis, summarizes my main points and leaves the reader thinking about my topic? I use transitional words and phrases to take the reader smoothly from one idea to the next?

4 View your feedbackView your Criterion your Trait Level to viewthe full scoring the Feedback Analysis ChartClick indicate the number of errors in each trait category. Clickthe bar to see a breakdown by specific error the Writer s specific trait feedback for your essayFrom the Response tab, click on each of the five categories to view specific feedback on your essay. Errors will be highlighted and roll over notes will provide information on each the Writer s Handbook for more information on any identified your errorsFeedback category here to revise your and Peer ReviewSelect a your cursor over highlighted text to view instructor and peer ReviewClick the name of a member of your peer review group to view his or her comments on your your essayView error feedback on left and enter your corrections on the all errors have been corrected.

5 Review the content of your essay for further needed here to submit your revised here for feedback from your instructor and peer a Peer s EssayClick the name of a member of your peer review group to comment on his or her submitted Comments1. Drag to highlight a word or phrase about which you would like to make a Enter your comment in the pop-up box and then click Click Add the blue Comments Click SAVE after entering all DialogueEnter your comment about the essay in the box on the right and click the Dialogue ButtonReview your class activityView all submitted plans and the Activity does it take to become a better writer?

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