Description
Perusall: When you load Perusall in a new tab, the Perusall class web site will open. Select “Annotate Model Essay 2” in the Library or Upcoming Assignments to access the assignment. These instructions are copied in my first annotation comment in the Model Essay heading.
Instructions: Annotate and write comments for at least 5 passages in Student Model Essay 2. A passage is a selection from the reading that is one or more sentences long.
Each comment should be at least two complete sentences long and show thoughtful reflection of the text.
Comments should provide supporting details and reasoning.
Comments can also be posed as questions.
Suggested Areas to Comment On:
Thesis: Comment on how well the thesis fully answers the thesis question in the syllabus essay prompt. Comment on its level of detail, clarity, conciseness, required one sentence structure, and grammatical correctness.
Topic sentences: Comment on how well the topic sentences match the thesis closely and in a detailed manner.
Concluding sentences: Comment on how well the concluding sentences match and are more detailed than the topic sentence.
Quotations: Comment on how well the quotations are the best chosen to support each paragraph’s topic sentence, use MLA formatting, and are of appropriate length (no more than 4 lines).
Quotation Analyses and Arguments: Comment on how well the quotations and arguments are explained thoroughly (at least 4 sentences each).
How to Make Annotations in Perusall (Links to an external site.)
After opening this assignment in Perusall, here is how to start conversations with classmates
When you open a document, you’ll see highlights superimposed on the document that represent comments that you and other students have entered.
Yellow highlights indicate comments or questions by you or other students; blue highlights indicate comments from your instructor.
To start a conversation, highlight some text; once you finish highlighting, you will see a panel open on the right where you can type your comment. Press Enter or Return to submit the comment; your classmates will see it appear in real time.
When someone responds to your question or comment, you will receive a notification by email and you can post a reply by signing on or merely replying to the email.
To add to a conversation started by one of your classmates, simply click on the highlight in the text to open up the conversation panel, type your comment, and then press Enter.
You can also highlight part of a figure rather than text by using the toolbar buttons at the top. When you have elected to highlight a figure, click and drag to draw a box around the area of interest, or simply click to drop a map pin.
While reading the document, change which comments you see by clicking the filter dropdown at the top of the page (which says All comments by default).