Collage essay feedback

Last class, you compiled a collage essay using tasty bits culled from previous blog entries & your in-class practice writings. During the first part of today's class, I want to spend some time giving & receiving feedback on these collage essays.

Get together in groups of 3 or 4 read each of your groupmates' collage essays. (If your groupmates did their Research Blogs for today, their collage essay will be their next-to-last blog post; it will probably be time-stamped for Tuesday.) For each of the collage essays you read, post a SIGNED comment that addresses the following questions:

• What is the single idea or "thread" that ties these bits together?
• What is the best part or piece of the essay, and why?
• What part or piece doesn't seem to belong in this essay, and why?
• How would you revise this essay to make it read more smoothly?
• How would you rearrange this essay to improve its impact? (For example, would you rearrange the essay to start with the best or most powerful point, or would you end with the best or most powerful point? Would you rearrange the "guts" of the essay? Would you change or tweak the intro or conclusion?)