<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks to the folks who responded to my request (below). I found comments from Teresa McKinney Davis, Hilary Sarat-St. Peter, Wayne Butler, and Jessica Campbell very useful. As promised, I'm sharing the approach I've chosen.</div><div><br></div><div>This reflective memo comes after a simulation exercise, "Memo 1," submitted for a fictitious supervising attorney, Mr. Bob Swagger. Students submitted Memo 1 on September 15, each gave and received at least two peer reviews on Eli Review this week, and they are required to submit a revision and the reflective memo on September 22. This is meant to be a low-stakes assignment from a grading perspective. (I looked over the September 15 submissions, though, and they were generally quite good.) Students will receive markup but no grade on Memo 1. The entire grade is based on the reflective memo. They will then incorporate Memo 1 into a graded and significantly more complex assignment (not surprisingly, called "Memo 2"). Here are the instructions and rubric I gave them for the reflection:</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="gmail-MsoTitle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:28pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.5pt">Reflective Memo Rubric<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">September 18, 2019<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Your reflective memo for Memo 1 is intended to capture some
of your thinking about the revision process between the September 15 and
September 22 version. If you respond to the prompts below, you should be able
to get full points for this assignment. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Write an essay that responds to the following questions. The
form and format (other than the MS Word requirement below) is up to you, but
please write complete sentences organized into paragraphs.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">20
pts. Characterize your understanding of Mr. Swagger’s situation when he
requested your action and his likely situation when he will read your email.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>a.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What
do you think he already knew? (1 or 2 sentences)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>b.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What
did he need to know? (1 or 2 sentences)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>c.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How
did he want to receive that? (1 or 2 sentences)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">20
pts. Describe how your September 15 response likely met his needs and where it
may have fallen short. In doing so, refer to the rubric you have been
developing for legal writing (emails, rule statements, rule explanations, etc.)
(1 paragraph)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>3.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">20
pts. Peer-review process<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>a.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Copy
and paste the Eli Reviews you received on Memo 1.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>b.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Copy
and paste the Eli Reviews you gave on Memo 1.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>c.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Identify
and describe at least one useful comment you received from a peer (whether you
adopted the advice or no) OR one thing you observed in a peer’s paper that
influenced your revision (1 or 2 sentences).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>d.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Identify
one way your peers could have provided better feedback (1 or 2 sentences)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>e.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Identify
one way that you could have provided better feedback (1 or 2 sentences)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>4.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">40
pts. Describe any significant revisions you made to Memo 1 between September 15
and 22 and your motivations for them. (1 paragraph)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You should submit your essay in a Microsoft Word file
uploaded at the appropriate link on TWEN. Post any questions to Prof. Larson by
your bedtime on Friday.<span></span></p>
</div><div><br></div><div>I'm looking forward to hearing how they respond to the assignment and what they say about it during a debrief next Tuesday.</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br>Thanks again for your help!<br>-Brian<br>__________________________<br><b><font color="#0b5394">Brian N. Larson, J.D., Ph.D.</font></b> ("he" "him" etc.) | Associate Professor <br><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)">Texas A&M University School of Law<br></span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://works.bepress.com/brian-larson/" target="_blank">Scholarship (Bepress)</a> <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2017167" target="_blank">(SSRN)</a> | Blogging @ <a href="http://www.Rhetoricked.com" target="_blank">www.Rhetoricked.com</a> <br>Personal/research email: <a href="mailto:brian@tendallarson.com" target="_blank">brian@tendallarson.com</a><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">Email for TAMU student and official matters: <a href="mailto:blarson@tamu.edu" target="_blank">blarson@tamu.edu</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
</div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Brian Larson</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:brian@tendallarson.com">brian@tendallarson.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 2:19 PM<br>Subject: Rubric for reflective memo<br>To: <<a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org">attw-l@attw.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Howdy, folks!</div><div>I have students submitting a full draft of a writing assignment--part of a memo in a legal genre, followed by a revision process and a final submission. I want to base their grades at this stage on a reflective memo that describes the writing/revision process. I'd like it to be low stakes in that I want it to be easy to get full points on the reflective memo. So, I'm wondering if any of y'all have a detailed rubric or list of questions for such a reflective memo that I can steal from.</div><div><br></div><div>I have already ID'd a few questions based on the nature of the assignment. I'm interested in questions that elicit quality reflection on the rhetorical/revision process.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll post the result out to the list as a thank-you.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-- <br>Thanks!<br>-Brian<br>__________________________<br><b><font color="#0b5394">Brian N. Larson, J.D., Ph.D.</font></b> | Associate Professor <br><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)">Texas A&M University School of Law<br></span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://works.bepress.com/brian-larson/" target="_blank">Scholarship (Bepress)</a> <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2017167" target="_blank">(SSRN)</a> | Blogging @ <a href="http://www.Rhetoricked.com" target="_blank">www.Rhetoricked.com</a> <br>Personal/research email: <a href="mailto:brian@tendallarson.com" target="_blank">brian@tendallarson.com</a><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">Email for TAMU student and official matters: <a href="mailto:blarson@tamu.edu" target="_blank">blarson@tamu.edu</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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