collaborative agenda setting in written feedback
HOW DO YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN THE SAME PLACE & TIME?
IT COULD BE Like This
writer (Maybe SOMETIMES—HOPEFULLY!)
TUTOR
that's a lot
of stuff
(TOO MUCH)
writer
TUTOR
1
2
3
4
5
OR, YOU COULD
NOT FOCUS ON
EVERYTHING THE
WRITER ASKS...
WILL YOU TELL THEM?
writer
TUTOR
maybe you hope they Won't notice you blew them off?
writer
TUTOR
OR IT COULD BE Like This
writer
TUTOR
But
WHAT
IF
you're
Like
This?
writer
TUTOR
or you see MORE IMPORTANT things?
writer
TUTOR
maybe
important?
MAYBE
SURe,
important,
BUT NOT YET
ACTUALLY
important!
HELLO!
important!
OMG,
THIS!
WRITTEN FEEDBACKAGENDAS
EXPLICT
& SHARED
1
REALISTIC:
w/ 2 or 3 FOCI
2
it Should be more like This
writer
TUTOR
it Should be more
like This
TUTOR
WRITER
&
&
THE
AGENDA
1
2
3
SAMPLE BEGINNING TO SUMMARY COMMENT
WRITER: THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR WRITING! YOU ASKED ME TO FOCUS ON
AND DUE DATE, I THOUGHT
WEREN'T QUITE AS IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON YET; I NOTICED TWO OTHER THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD LEAD TO IMPACTFUL REVISIONS. OVERALL, HERE'S WHAT I FOCUSED ON:
. GIVEN YOUR ASSIGNMENT
.
WRITTEN FEEDBACKAGENDAS
EXPLICT
& SHARED
1
REALISTIC:
w/ 2 or 3 FOCI
2
PRactice
WRITER
CAN YOU FOCUS ON ARGUMENT, CONCLUSION, & GRAMMAR? MY PAPER IS DUE IN FIVE DAYS. I ATTACHED THE ASSIGNMENT, TOO. THANKS!
YOU...
...AGREE THE ARGUMENT ISN'T CLEAR & NOTICE THAT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE FOR MANY CLAIMS AND NO CITATIONS (REQUIRED IN THE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE EVIDENCE THAT IS PROVIDED
WRITE A COLLABORATIVE AGENDA IN EITHER AN INTRODUCTORY COMMENT OR A SUMMARY COMMENT
READ YOUR COLLABORATIVE AGENDA TO A PARTNER
COLLABORATIVE
WRITTEN FEEDBACK
AGENDAs: OTHER HEADS UPS
DON'T WRITE A TEMPORALLY-SPECIFIC INTRO COMMENT HINTING AT A POTENTIAL, AS-YET DEFINED AGENDA THAT MIGHT EMERGE LATER, MAYBE
BE EXPLICIT ABOUT HOW YOUR MARGINAL COMMENTS WORK IN CONVERSATION WITH YOUR SUMMARY COMMENT
FEEL FREE TO HAVE YOUR INTRODUCTORY COMMENT BE SOLELY FOCUSED ON BUILDING RAPPORT
