Learning Exercise
Cause and Effect Essay With Collaborative Writing
The purpose of this assignment is to use group expertise to write an essay on any aspect of family relationship problems using the Cause and Effect technique discussed over the past week. You may use personal experience, but you are required to use at least one print and one Internet source
Course: English 101
- Material:
- Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
- Date last modified:
- May 16, 2002
- Created by:
- Susan Knight
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Exercise
You are assigned to work with three other students in a chat room on the course web site. Your chat room number and the names of your group members have been emailed to you.
It is your responsibility to meet with your group, decide how and when to accomplish the assigned essay, and divide the tasks:
How to Organize Your Group:
Assign each member of the group one of the following tasks:
Researcher looks up any information needed
asks questions directed at the instructor
writes the Works Cited page)
Composer writes to initial draft of the essay
submits the draft to the group for revision in a timely manner
Reviser reorganizes the initial draft into cohesive, logically arranged paragraphs
writes the second draft and submits it to the group in a timely manner
Editor combs the second draft for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors
writes the final draft and submits it to the group in a timely manner
It is your responsibility to meet with your group, decide how and when to accomplish the assigned essay, and divide the tasks:
How to Organize Your Group:
Assign each member of the group one of the following tasks:
Researcher looks up any information needed
asks questions directed at the instructor
writes the Works Cited page)
Composer writes to initial draft of the essay
submits the draft to the group for revision in a timely manner
Reviser reorganizes the initial draft into cohesive, logically arranged paragraphs
writes the second draft and submits it to the group in a timely manner
Editor combs the second draft for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors
writes the final draft and submits it to the group in a timely manner
Additional Information: KnightS@tncc.vccs.edu
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Technical Notes
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Topics
Type of Task
Learning Objectives
2. Engage in research for supporting evidence
3. Determine validity of textual evidence
4. Organize, compose and revise
5. Use Cause and Effect organization
6. Write collaboratively
7. Apply the Writing Process