Textual Analysis Paper Workshops

Note that this is not a group assignment; you must work ALONE while studying and writing your thesis, outline, and paper. No collaboration outside of the writing workshops is permitted; if you do collaborate (outside of the assigned workshops and perhaps just watching the film together), you risk plagiarism, possible failure on the assignment, and/or failure of the course. (So don’t do that.)

All paper workshops are mandatory; absences will count double and you will receive a 0 for that workshop participation grade.

Paper Workshop I

1) Submit via email your summary sentence and thesis sentence (one sentence each and they must be different) to the TA(s) and to your workshop partner (listed on the class roll) by the date on the schedule before the workshop. Copy this email to Dr. Bonner by this deadline too.

2) Print out, read, annotate, & edit your workshop partner's thesis. Refer to our Comments Guide for guidance. Your job is to offer suggestions for how to make the thesis clearer, how to make the writing & grammar clearer, how to make sure it's a thesis and not a summary, and how to best support that thesis with examples from the film's formal techniques.

3) Bring your written comments on your partner's thesis on hard copy to the workshop. Exchange and discuss your written feedback on your partner's paper outline with your partner during Workshop I in class. Save all of your TA and partner's written comments; you will turn them in to Dr. Bonner with the final version of your paper.

Your comments and your thesis will be graded for their effort and thoroughness.

Paper Workshop II

1) Submit your summary sentence, revised thesis sentence, and detailed outline to your workshop partner (listed on the class roll) by the date on the schedule via email. Send an email copy of this document to Dr. Bonner and our TA(s) as a Word attachment by this deadline too.

2) Print out, read, annotate, & edit your workshop partner's thesis & outline. Refer to our Comments Guide for guidance. Your job is to offer suggestions for how to make the thesis clearer, how to improve the writing & grammar, and how to best support that thesis with examples from the film.

3) Bring your written comments on your partner's outline on hard copy to the workshop. Exchange and discuss with your partner your written feedback on your partner's paper outline during Workshop II in class. Save all of your TA and partner's written comments; you will turn them in to Dr. Bonner with the final version of your paper.

Your comments and your outline will be graded for their effort and thoroughness.

Paper Workshop III

1) Submit your Textual Analysis Paper to your workshop partner (listed on the class roll) by the date on the schedule via email AND bring a hard copy to class/Music 105 box for the TAs. Copy this emailed document to Dr. Bonner and our TAs as a Word attachment by this deadline too.

2) Print out, read, annotate, & edit your workshop partner's paper. Refer to our Comments Guide for guidance. Your job is to offer suggestions for how to make the thesis clearer, how to make the writing & grammar clearer, and how to best support that thesis with examples from the film's formal techniques.

3) Bring your written comments on your partner's outline on hard copy to the workshop. Exchange and discuss your written feedback on your partner's paper outline with your partner during Workshop III in class. Save all of your TA and partner's written comments; you will turn them in to Dr. Bonner with the final version of your paper.

Your comments and your paper will be graded for their effort and thoroughness.

Paper Workshop IV

1) Exchange your Textual Analysis Paper with your assigned partner (listed on the class roll) before the date on the schedule via email; this new draft MUST include all of Dr. B's revisions from the last draft. Copy this emailed document to Dr. Bonner and the TAs as a Word attachment by this deadline too.

2) Print out, read, annotate, & edit your partner's paper before Workshop IV, discerning at least 3 substantive suggestions to improve the paper in addition to offering detailed comments on the paper's C, MGS, and/or O. Refer to our Comments Guide and Textual Analysis Paper guidelines for guidance. (More comments are welcome; as always, your comments and your effort on the assignment will be graded.)

3) Do NOT email these comments to your partner. Instead, bring a printout of your typed up suggestions to submit to your partner for discussion during Workshop IV. Email ONLY Dr. B & our TAs (NOT your partner) the 3 substantive suggestions that you propose for your partner's paper before the date on the schedule. Save all of your TA and partner's written comments; you will turn them in to Dr. Bonner with the revision of your paper.