Instructions for the Take-Home Part of the Final Exam

Engl 1010 O'Donnell, ETSU, Fall 2019

last update: Sunday December 1, 2019

I. Overview of both parts of the final exam

Your final exam is worth 10% of the final grade. It has 2 parts, each of which is worth 5 points: 1) the In-Class Part, and 2) the Take-Home Part.

For the In-Class Part, you will write an essay in class, during the final exam period -- 8-10am on Weds Dec 11 -- in which you describe what all you've learned about your writing this semester.

For the Take-Home Part, you will respond to 2 of your classmates' online essays, and you will deliver a hard copy of each response to your respective classmates, in addition to submitting a hard copy to me.

II. For the Take-Home, select 2 classmates' essays, and write at least 300 words in response to each

A. By the afternoon of Weds Dec 4, your classmates will have their best essays posted here:

faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/2019fall/engl1010/best_student_essays.htm

Browse the titles there, and select 2 essays to which you will write a response.

B. For each of your responses, follow these guidelines:

1. Write at least 300 words.

2. Address the author of the work directly. Do not address me, the teacher.

3. Do not evaluate the essay. Instead, respond to the essay, honestly, as a reader. Tell the author why you're reading the essay. How did it make you feel? What did it make you think? What additional things do you have to say about the essay's topic.

III. Bring 2 clearly-labeled copies to the final exam meeting

Clearly label each response. Then print out 2 copies. On one of those copies, hand write the words "COPY 1, FOR [AUTHOR'S NAME]". On the other, hand write the words "COPY 2, FOR THE INSTRUCTOR".

Bring both copies to the final exam meeting at 8am on Weds Dec 11.

IV. Grading criteria

I will grade each essay holistically, according to the standard criteria for good writing. I will pay special attention to how clearly each essay is labeled.