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MMW 121 Writing Project, Fall 2021
Rough Draft Guidelines
5% of grade
Rough Draft due Week 8, Tuesday
11/16/21 by 11:59 PM on your
section Canvas site
Rough Draft Workshop held Week 9,
Monday 11/22 and Tuesday 11/23/21
Please read all of the below carefully.
Use the MLA Sample Paper as a
template for your rough draft and final
paper. It can be found in the Writing
Project Overview, Guidelines, and
Resources module on your section
Canvas site.
In the Rough Draft and Rough Draft
Workshop, you’ll test out the
argument you’ve been developing in
the Writing Forum over the course of
the quarter on an audience of your
peers. The purpose of this assignment
is to help you produce your best work
for the Final Paper by completing the
following 4 tasks:
● Write a complete (minimum)
1000-1250-word (+ Works
Cited) rough draft of your
paper
● Ask your peers for feedback
● Read your peers’ drafts and
provide written feedback
based on their Dear Reader
letters and in-text comments
● Participate in the peer review
workshop on Zoom
In the Writing Forum leading up to the
rough draft, you have:
● Identified two
traditions studied in the
course; the traditions come
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from different regions of the
world
● Identified a problem in the
world today
● Found excellent sources; for
the final paper, sources should
include at least 2 scholarly
peer-reviewed articles from
academic journals and at least
6 course sources. You should
make effective use of them and
cite them accurately
● Posed a Level 3 question (one
that is arguable, open-ended)
about how your chosen
traditions are of value in
addressing the contemporary
problem
● Answered your question with a
tentative thesis statement that
makes an argument about how
your chosen traditions are of
value in addressing the
contemporary problem
In your Rough Draft, you’ll build on the
Writing Forum by:
● Posing a revised question that
addresses how your chosen
course traditions are of value
in addressing a contemporary
problem
● Answering your question by
considering other views
(counterargument), making an
assertion about the issue
(argument/thesis), and backing
up that assertion with
compelling and logical reasons.
Your question should be
addressed convincingly in a
1000-1250-word (+ Works
Cited) paper.
● Supporting your answer and
reasons with specific evidence,
based on research and
analysis.
This rest of these guidelines includes
the following:
I. Assignment Details
II. Workshop Details
III. Grading Rubric
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IV. Submission Checklist
Please read all of these Guidelines and
the Final Paper Guidelines carefully.
The Final Paper Guidelines includes
guidelines for the components of the
final paper that will help you write a
strong and well-organized argument.
The MLA Sample Paper, found in the
Writing Project Overview, Guidelines,
and Resources module on your section
Canvas site, will show you how to
format your paper.
I. Assignment Details
This assignment will allow you to put
into action what you’ve been
developing in the Writing Forum. The
more complete your rough draft, the
closer you will be to finishing the
assignment (and the better the
feedback you’ll get from your peers!).
The assignment comprises 4 tasks,
each of which is described below.
1. Write a complete (at minimum)
1000-1250-word (+ Works Cited)
rough draft of your paper in
correct paper formatting, with
complete in-text citations and a
complete, up-to-date list of Works
Cited in MLA format at the end of
the paper. Your paper should
explore how two traditions
covered in this course can be of
value in addressing a
contemporary problem
â—‹ Review the Writing Project
Overview and these
guidelines and read
through the Final Paper
Guidelines. The grading
rubric for the Final Paper
can be used as a checklist
to help you write and edit
your rough draft and to
help you constructively
review your peers’ rough
drafts
â—‹ Use the best possible
sources. Your rough draft
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should incorporate at least
4 course sources from the
two traditions you
identified, and must
include at least 2 peerreviewed articles from
academic journals.
○ Review the “Guidelines for
MMW Papers” to verify
correct paper formatting,
etc.
2. Ask your peers for feedback and
give them direction about what
you need and want in terms of
feedback:
â—‹ Write a Dear Reader
Letter to your peer group.
Include it as the first page
of your rough draft (not
counted toward the total
word count). Write it as a
letter, beginning with “Dear
Reader,” and ending by
signing your name. Answer
these questions, beginning
with the strengths of your
draft and ending with any
questions you want your
peers to answer:
â–  What are the
strengths of your
draft? What are
the problems or
weaknesses?
â–  What challenges
did you encounter
in writing it?
â–  What is your
thesis?
â–  If you had 2 more
days to write the
draft, where would
you focus your
attention?
â–  What questions do
you have about
your draft that you
want to make sure
your readers
answer?
â—‹ Make comments in the
margins of your draft to
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your readers in places
where you want particular
help. For example,
â–  Aspects of the
paper that you
don’t think work
â–  Gaps in your paper
where you’re still
working through
evidence or ideas
â–  Sentences that
don’t sound right
to you, but you
don’t know how or
what to change
Here are some examples of the
types of points you might make in
either your Dear Reader letter or
in your marginal notes (or both):
● “Gentle Readers: I know
that I need to make a
connection between
Confucian and Islamic
notions of responsibility
and how responsibility is
framed in the Universal
Declaration of Human
Rights, but I haven’t come
up with a convincing
connection. Any ideas?”
● “Dear Everybody: I didn’t
have time to write this
section yet, but this is
where I’m going to use “In
the Time of Sacred Spaces”
as evidence to support my
reason about creating a
balanced ecosystem.”
3. Before the workshop,
read carefully and
comment respectfully and
constructively on your peers’
essays as instructed by your TA
and by the writer in the Dear
Reader letter. Write a Dear Writer
Letter to the writer at the end of
the paper, addressing the
following questions:
â—‹ What are the strengths of
the draft? What are the
problems or weaknesses?
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â—‹ What challenges did you
encounter reading the
draft?
â—‹ What is the thesis
statement?
â—‹ What do you find
convincing about the
argument? What do you
find less compelling about
the argument?
â—‹ What revisions do you
recommend the writer
make before turning in the
final draft?
4. Participate in the workshop. This
will be organized by your TA.
Participate fully in the workshop.
See section II of this sheet for
more information on the structure
of the workshops
See Part II of these Guidelines for
more information on accessing
your peers’ drafts and details of
the workshop.
II. Workshop Details
The workshop will take place online
using Google Docs and Zoom. You will
use Google Docs to review and
comment on your peers’ drafts and
Zoom to participate in the workshop.
You have access to both Google Docs
and Zoom through your UCSD email
account. Below, you will find details
about submitting your own draft for
peer review, accessing your peers’
drafts, and participating in the Zoom
workshop. Throughout the process,
engage with your peers in a respectful,
considerate, helpful, collaborative,
open-minded, exploratory way, and
have fun with it! Remember, you’re
helping each other!
1. Submit your Rough Draft and
Dear Reader letter (included at
the beginning of the draft) to
Canvas and Google Docs.
â—‹ Submit your rough draft
and sources to Canvas
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following the steps
outlined in the Submission
Checklist (see section IV of
this sheet)
â—‹ Submit your rough draft to
Google Drive. Using the link
to the Google Drive folder
provided by your TA,
upload the same draft you
submitted to Canvas. It
must be a Google Doc,
.DOC, or .DOCX file. DO
NOT upload as a PDF. The
formatting is not
compatible with Google
Docs.
2. Access and comment on your
peers’ rough drafts. Go to the
Google Drive folder shared with
you by your TA. Comment on your
peers’ papers from the Google
Drive preview page or by opening
the paper in Google Docs. Use the
various annotation tools to make
your marginal comments. Write
your Dear Writer letter at the end
of the paper (if using the Google
Drive preview page, leave your
Dear Writer Letter in a comment
box). All group members will
comment on the same document.
Review your peers’ rough drafts
before the workshop and be
prepared to discuss your
comments at that time.
3. Participate in the Workshop. Your
TA will create the groups, organize
the meetings, and send you the
Zoom link. Here is the basic
structure of the workshops:
â—‹ Workshops will take place
on Monday and Tuesday of
Week 9 and will be
scheduled by your TA. Your
TA will not hold office
hours in Week 9, to make
more time for the
workshops. Please email
your TA if you need help
outside the workshop time.
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â—‹ TAs will set up the groups
and the workshop
schedule. Students will
meet in groups of 3 or 4 for
50 minutes. The TA will
move among the different
breakout rooms
throughout the workshop
to check in, ensure time is
being kept, and answer any
questions that come up.
â—‹ On the day/time of your
workshop:
â–  Sign into Zoom
using the Zoom link
shared with you by
your TA ON TIME–
maybe even a little
early!
â–  At the start of the
workshop time, the
TA will divide the
attendees into
breakout rooms
based on your preassigned group.
â–  Each member of
your group gets 15
minutes of focused
attention on their
paper by the whole
group. To make sure
everyone
participates equally,
and to keep to time,
in a 3-person group:
● Student A
gives
comments
on Student
C’s paper (6
minutes)
● Student B
gives
comments
on Student
C’s paper (6
minutes)
● Students, A,
B, and C
discuss
Student C’s
paper, with
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Student C
asking any
follow-up
questions
based on
Student A
and B’s
comments
(3 minutes)
● Repeat for
each paper
â–  During the
workshop, when
the focus is on your
paper: Print out or
open up your rough
draft. Look at your
draft and follow the
comments the
readers make.
While receiving
feedback, make
note of any
questions or
comments, but try
to keep them until
the last 3 minutes
so that you pay
attention to and
fully consider your
peers’
comments/questions.
â–  During the
workshop, when
the focus is on your
peer’s paper: Give
your full attention
to the paper, and
give the author the
kind of feedback
you would like to
have, paying
particular care to
address the
concerns they
raised in the Dear
Reader Letter.
â–  After the workshop,
access your peers’
comments on your
paper by going to
the Google Drive
folder shared with
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you by your TA and
open your paper.
Save a copy (with
comments) to your
computer or your
own Google Drive.
III. Grading Rubric
Your grade on the Rough Draft and
Rough Draft Workshop is based on
your participation in the process, not
the quality of the draft. The following
criteria will be used to evaluate your
participation in the process:
Completeness of Draft:
● 1000-1250 words
● At least 6 course sources from
2 different traditions covered
in the course and 2 peerreviewed articles from
academic journals
● Sources correctly and fully
cited in MLA format, in-text
and in the Works Cited
Productive Participation in the Peer
Review Process:
● Dear Reader Letter helps peers
know how to focus their
response
● On-time submission and
participation in peer review
● Dear Writer Letter provided to
each peer in your group
● Substantial and helpful
comments to peers (both intext and in-person)
● Collegial, respectful, and
helpful tone in comments
(both in-text and in-person)
Appropriate Format:
● Correct formatting for paper
(margins, headings, page #s,
etc.)
● Correct citations in MLA format
● Follows “Guidelines for MMW
Papers”
Sources Submitted Correctly:
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● Scanned correct pages,
highlighted, and submitted as
required in the “Guidelines for
MMW Papers” and Submission
Checklist (see section IV of this
sheet)
Overall Grade Criteria:
A range: Meets all of the above
criteria at an exceptionally high level.
B range: Meets most of the above
criteria at a high level with some
issues.
C range: Attempts to meet most of the
above criteria, but participation is
limited and superficial
D: Meets few criteria; insubstantial,
unclear, or unhelpful participation in
process
F: Does not meet the above criteria;
low to no participation; academic
misconduct
0: No submission and/or no
participation in the workshop
IV. Submission Checklist
Submit all of these files for the
assignment to be considered
complete.
Submit these files to Canvas:
❏ One file for your Rough Draft:
Saved as either .PDF or .DOCX
with a file name in this format
[your full name].Rough Draft
❏ Multiple files (one file for each
source) for sources: Saved as
separate .PDF files with file
names in this format:
[Author’s last name]_[Title of
Document] (can be a short
version of the title)
Please remember, your submission is
automatically submitted to
Turnitin.com. TAs will review all
Turnitin.com reports.
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Submit these files to the shared
Google Drive folder:
❏ One file for your Rough Draft:
Saved as a Google Doc, .DOC,
or .DOCX with a file name in
this format [your full
name].Rough Draft. DO NOT
upload as a PDF.
Late Assignments: Assignments
submitted after the due date will
result in a 1-step deduction on the
grade scale for each day it is late.
Assignments not submitted by the
start of the final exam time will result
in a 0/100 for the assignment.
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