Art-203 Writing About Art (WAA) – Assignment Guidelines | Spring 2015

Posted by: Ping

Hello Class:

In tomorrow’s class, your task is going to write your second WAA paper.

Although some of you have already submitted your second paper, you still have time to reedit it further. If so, I will return your paper tomorrow. If you don’t want to make any further changes on your paper, please work on your team project or help your team member to check their paper.

Writing About Art (WAA) – Assignment Guidelines

  • Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman or Helvetica).
  • The font size should be 12 pt.
  • Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.
  • In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, write “WAA”, list your name, your instructor’s name, the course, and the date.
  • The paper should be 3 pages long, excluding citation page.
  • Your citation page is the last page of your paper.
  • Always write as neatly as possible. Unreadable work will not count.
  • You will share your essay in class with a few of your peers, at least one of whom will mark it up with their comments (see below for peer review standards).
  • Then you will take it home, re-write it and type it up to turn in to me (April 24 ) for a grade.
  • When turning WAA work in for a grade securely paper clip or staple all previous drafts and notes to the back in reverse chronological order. That way as I read through the stack I will see the essay becoming less and less refined.
  • Deadline of turning WAA-2 paper: 3:00 p.m., April 24

Here are some basic things you will note when doing peer reviews of each other’s work:

  • Is the work legible? Are “WAA” as well as the name and date at the top?
  • How is the overall form of the essay? Does it flow logically from beginning to middle and end or does it seem to jump around?
  • How are the grammar and the spelling?
  • Does it address the assignment/Do you feel that something is missing?
  • Is the author saying something trivial or outrageous? Or does it seem reasonable? Do they back up what they say?
  • How interesting is what they say? Do they move from the abstract to the particular or are they stuck either in lofty generalizations or busy little details?

Ping Xu