Analytical Writing

Why so many boxes????• Specific information = I know what I need to do

to improve.• Continuum, not a judgment• Look at categories on the left, not individual

boxes:– Response to Essay Topic– Understanding and Use of Text– Development– Organization– Word Choice and Sentence Structure– Grammar, Usage, and Conventions– Anticipating Readers’ Needs

First Thing’s First

• How do you get better at a sport?

• Let’s start with the first one:– Response to Essay Topic: The writer responds effectively to the writing task

(prompt, question, topic, etc.) . The writer demonstrates that he or she can present the ideas of the author(s) cogently and develop his or her own ideas in response.

• In other words, did you address all parts of the prompt and did you explain your OWN ideas?

First Thing’s First

• And now the second:– Understanding and Use of Text: The writer provides the reader a clear and accurate

understanding of the text and effectively uses the ideas in the text to develop the writer’s response.

• In other words, did you show that you understood the ideas in the text and did you use those ideas to talk about your own?

Your Turn

• Prompt: According to Rosen, what is “societal forgetting”? Why is it important or valuable? What do you think of his views? (3 Qs)

• Common answer: Societal forgetting is erasing external memories.

• Yes, that’s what he said, but does that explain it? • How did you do? Find the sentence(s)

where you explained what “societal forgetting” is and underline it.

According to Rosen:“Before” Technology– Make a mistake– Few people know

about it– Apologize– People may forgive– Over time, it gets

forgotten– MOST people forgive

“After” Technology• Make a mistake• LOTS of people know about it,

including people you don’t know AND they have proof (pictures, chat text, videos, etc.)

• Apologize• People may forgive• No one forgets• Most people may NOT forgive

because they CAN’T forget.That’s societal forgetting!

That’s not!