Part I (20 minutes)
Review your group's working draft of the informative document from the perspective of the intended reader: Have you organized your document in the best possible way to meet readers' informational needs and answer their questions? Have you used a consistent style and voice in all sections of the document? Does each section have a consistent "flow" or do the transitions between sections seem choppy? If so, consider how you might revise sections to achieve consistent voice and coherence.

Part II (30 minutes)
Together with your group, write a review of another group's project from the perspective of the intended reader. 

Part III (30 minutes)
Use the peer commentary to do a careful critical reading of your team's working draft. Use the following questions to plan your revision strategies. At the end of class, hand in a copy of your team's revising plan, along with a copy of your team's working draft.

1. Did your readers find the purpose to be clear?
2. Are the amount and type of information adequate, from the readers' perspective? Is the information easy to understand?
3. Is it presented in the best possible order?
4. Does the design enable your readers to move easily from point to point?
5. As a group, plan your revising strategies. What work remains to be done in order to produce the best possible product? Who will be responsible for what tasks? Do you need to schedule an out-of-class meeting time to complete the revision?

1. Continue revising your group's FAQ/Brochure/Fact Sheet project. Next Tuesday, be prepared to hand in:
   • revised version of your team's informative document (group)
   • working draft (group)
   • peer review from today's class (group)
   • revising plan from today's class (group)
   • Group Project Evaluation form (individual)
2. Plan a substantial revision of one of your previous writing projects in preparation for instructor conference. 

Class cancelled for one-on-one conferences in my office (Chapel 031). Please bring to your conferences the projects you've written so far (Analysis of Literacy Event, Rhetorical Analysis, and Letter). Be prepared to talk about your specific plans for revising at least one of these projects.

Click here for revising suggestions.

During our regularly scheduled class time, you may meet with your writing group in our regular classroom (OM 100) to complete work on your Informative Document project.

1. Complete a substantial revision of the project you began revising earlier this week.
2. Read The Call to Write, pp. 222-46. 
3. Respond to Questions 1-4 "For Critical Inquiry," p. 230.

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Write a 1-2 page summary and response to the on the Rudolph Schade Lecture by historian Robert Dallek on Sunday, October 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Chapel.