ENGL 1312/RWS 1302

Literature Review/Research Report

ROUGH DRAFT EDITOR’S WORKSHEET

Editor ______

Writer ______

Progress Marker Status / Writer’s Remaining Task(s)
Completion Status: Pages _____ Cover Sheet _____ Abstract ____ Ref. Page ____
Image _____ Primary Research ______at least 6 good quality sources ______
If it is shorter than 7 pages, is it fully sketched out so you can see its direction? To what extent?
What else do you note that you would expect the writer to revise and extend? / List and discuss the work the writer still needs to do.
Sources and Citations
Read a second time. Other than any material that is common knowledge, the writer should have informed the reader where she found all information that she presents. Show any passages you think she should cite, or cite more precisely, at right 
Find any in-text citations in the paper and highlight or mark them. Note at right if they need formatting or punctuation work  / What needs citations? Give page number and first word of the passage.
Existing Citations: comments as suggested at left.
Critical Assessment
1. Does the paper fulfill its objectives as an investigative project, clearly demonstrating a review of available informative literature, and clearly synthesizing this literature into a readable report?
2. Open the Assignment Sheet from writingmine.com. Scroll to the rubric. Are there any elements the rubric calls for that the writer should review and/or for which he should revise his paper? If yes, include in comments  / Critical Assessment
1. a. If you answered yes to item 1 at left, what is the writer’s topic and what areas of it has she reviewed/examined?
b. If you answered no to item 1 at left, what could the writer do to report on his project more clearly?
2. Rubric: What should this writer note on the rubric?
What did you think the writer did BEST on this paper?
What is the writer’s most effective strategy?
What is the most interesting thing in this paper? / Discuss positives such as the items at left.