Draft Evaluation Sheet

Group Members Author

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Author: make sure you submit this paper with one draft marked by your group and your final draft. I will not accept the final paper without both this sheet and the marked draft, so if you forget it on the day the paper is due, the paper will be marked late.

Read the paper all the way through before you answer the following questions.
1. Find the sentences in the introduction that seem to create the thesis statement. Does the thesis give the reader a clear view of what is to be argued in the paper? Write the parts of the thesis in the space below.

2. Determine which of the assignment prompts this paper responds to and how well it fulfills the terms of the assignment. Comment below on any part of the prompt that the paper seems to be weak in addressing. If no weakness appears, write the especially strong part of the thesis below.

3. Underline the topic sentence in the second, third, and fourth paragraphs. Which part of the thesis does each address? Write those below.

4. Each paragraph should contain a claim, evidence from the work for that claim, and an explanation of how the evidence helps "prove" the claim. For one body paragraph (not the intro or conclusion) label these three parts on the paper.

Answering the following depends on how much time remains for your group. Go on to the next paper before you try to do these. If you are the author, answer these questions as part of your revision process.
5. Take one body paragraph not yet considered and check to see that each sentence connects to the topic sentence. Is the paragraph unified? If yes, write one sentence and the topic sentence. If not, write at least one sentence that does not seem well connected to the topic sentence.

6. Read the paper aloud. Any sentence that causes any trouble when read aloud should be examined to see why it is difficult to read. List one in the space below. Are the parts of the sentence related in ways that are clear and correct? Correct the sentence as best you can.