Questions for Self Evaluation

Please number all pages and paragraphs in your drafts!

Answer on a separate sheet or on the back if you run out of room.

1. How much time did you spend on this piece? Is this a first draft? How close do you think it is to being finished?

2. Did you experiment with any new (for you) writing techniques on this draft? If this is a revision, what is different from the other drafts I've seen? Did any of the writers you've read influence this piece? In what way?

3. What do you especially like in this piece? Why?

4. What are you unsure about? Don't like? Still plan to revise?

5. Anything else you want me to focus on? Feel free to direct me to specific paragraphs/sections.

6. What did your group say about this piece? What suggestions have you taken from them? How helpful has your group been?

7. Do you want me to put a ballpark grade on this draft? Why? Feel free to say it's too soon for any grade to be assigned.

8. ANSWER ONLY IF THIS IS A FINISHED OR NEARLY FINISHED DRAFT: Comment on your purpose and audience for this piece. Why will people be interested in reading it? What will they be looking for? How did you cue your readers to your purpose? What do you want your readers' attitude to be toward your subject? Toward you? How do you hope you're coming across?