Thlog 4

Talking about this “Portfolio” for the past couple of classes has put me on edge. It just seems like so much work in so little time. While we were in class when we were going over the handout on what he need for the “Portfolio” it was like DP just kept going on and on with different assignments we need. Even though we already have most of the equipment we need to complete this “Portfolio” it still seems like a lot because of all of the revisions we have to do and all the analyzing we also have to do.

What I am kind of confused about is the Reverse Outline which states “To facilitate your WP1 and WP2 revisions, I want you to “re-see” your papers.  One way you can accomplish that is by creating a reverse outline for each of your WPs.  Condense each paragraph into its main point and how/why it supports (or doesn’t!) your argument—one or two sentences is fine.  I suggest creating a 3-column table to do this (see below), but I’m open to other arrangements.” So what I am asking is I’m taking my WP1 stating what I was trying to argue, then take what I was trying to argue in each one of my paragraphs, and then tell you how it connects to my main argument of the whole paper? And then that’s it right? Then do the same thing for my WP2? This whole reverse outline is to be done before the revising of my WP1 and WP2 to help revise my WP1 and WP2 correct? With the “Revision Matrix” I feel as though it was pretty clear until I got to this chart.

Text from my initial WP submission: (a phrase, sentence, paragraph, idea, move, punctuation, piece of evidence, etc.)	An observation or question I received from De Piero or a classmate:	The change(s) I made to what I initially wrote: (ie, the change[s] I made to column 1)	How this change impacts my paper:
	“What’s the connection between these two sentences? How do these ideas connect?

I feel as though column 1, 3, and 4 was clear, but I don’t understand where column 2 comes into play. Is column 2 mandatory because it’s really confusing me and I don’t want to lose any unnecessary points.