Nelson ::: ENGL 1301 ::: Fall 2022

Essay 2 Project Management Worksheet

Backcast Your Project: Envision the Desired Outcome(s) and Plan Backwards
Instructions: Use the syllabus (hint: Course Schedule section) and Essay 2 assignment prompt to help you
answer the questions in each section.
Section 1: Determining Logistics
1. When is the Final Draft due for Essay 2? Thursday October 13th 11:59PM
 What is the penalty for failing to submit the Final Draft by the deadline? 0 points for essay 2 grade
 How and where will you submit the Final Draft for assessment? Blackboard week 8 Turnitin link
 What are the minimum requirements for a passing grade for Essay 2?

Be in MLA Format Reveal something about your image that is not

obvious to your audience

Be on Time Have a controlling idea with evidence from the

visual text that supports it

Have been peer reviewed in the workshop Be cohesive and organized about your claim

Have been reviewed in your group conference Include transitions and transitional phrases to
guide your audience through your ideas

Meet the word count requirement Be nearly free of run on, comma splice, and
fragment sentences

Have been preceded by submission of draft 1 & 2 Be specific and give details and examples

2. What writing assignment is due after the Final Draft of Essay 2? When is it due? Reflection Essay 2
 What is the penalty for failing to submit this assignment by the deadline? 0 points for reflection essay 2
 How and where will you submit this assignment for assessment? Blackboard week 9 Turnitin link
3. When is Draft 2 due for Essay 2? Tuesday October 11th 11:59PM
 What is the penalty for failing to submit Draft 2 by the deadline? 0 points for HW grade and 5%
deducted from final draft grade
 How and where will you submit Draft 2 for assessment? Blackboard week 8 Turnitin link
4. When is Draft 1 due for Essay 2? Tuesday October 4th 11:59 PM
 What is the penalty for failing to submit Draft 1 by the deadline? 0 points for HW grade and 5%
deducted from final draft grade
 How and where will you submit Draft 1 for assessment? Blackboard Week 7 Turnitin link
5. When will we conduct a Peer Review Workshop? Thursday October 6th
 What is the penalty for not attending Peer Review Workshop? 5% deducted from final grade
 What materials will you need to share to participate in the Peer Feedback Workshop? How and where?

Post your latest draft to the corresponding group discussion board forum on Blackboard in week 3
folder. Post 4 questions to ask your peers about your draft

 What other class periods / workshops carry a penalty for not attending? What materials will you need to
share? How and where?
None of my other class periods carry a penalty. Other workshops that do would be the writers workshop
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 What questions do you have about drafts, due dates, and submission details?
No questions
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Section 2: Determining GAPS

1. What is the required genre for Essay 2? Visual Analysis
2. Who is your audience for Essay 2? Classmates
3. What is your purpose, or goal, for writing Essay 2?
Respond appropriately to the needs of various audiences and writing situations through the use of various
genres, context, and content. Recognize, critique, and defend the rhetorical choices in writing situations.
Apply conventions of Standard American Academic English including word choice, formality, grammar and
mechanics, MLA formatting, and essay format.

4. What are the major features and parts of the genre used in Essay 2?

Synthesize your outside sources (the details from

You should have a topic sentence that includes a
transition and overviews the focus of the
paragraph as it connects to your controlling idea.
This topic sentence announces the subpoint of the
paragraph. This topic sentence should stem from
the elements that help create meaning that you
determined during your analysis.
the image) with your ideas
Discuss how the examples from the visual text help
you demonstrate the sub-point
Finish the paragraph with a sentence that connects
the sub-point back to your controlling idea.

You should then expand on your controlling idea,

describing how this idea furthers your controlling
idea.

Give examples from the visual text to which the

audience can relate

5. What formatting and referencing style is required for this paper? MLA

 What questions do you have about the genre, purpose, and audience for this paper? What information is not
included that you would like to know to better meet the expectations for the paper?

No questions
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Section 3: Frontloading the Workload / Determining Tasks

What steps for finishing Essay 2 should be completed in Week 9?

Reflect essay due

What steps for finishing Essay 2 should be completed in Week 8?

Post your draft to the corresponding group discussion board forum on Blackboard in the Week 7 Folder (your
assigned groups are there as well). Also, post 5 questions you would like to ask your peers about your draft.
Bring the marked-up drafts you received from your classmates in conferences and your first peer review. Also,
bring any revisions you have already made to the drafts.

What steps for working on Essay 2 should be completed in Week 7?

Post your draft to the corresponding group discussion board forum on Blackboard in the Week 7 Folder (your
assigned groups are there as well). Also, post 5 questions you would like to ask your peers about your draft.

What steps for working on Essay 2 should be completed in Week 6?

Implement the ideas we discussed into the essay after the conference