Sophia.org English Composition II -- Grader Experiences

[ss20ts]

5-sentence paragraphs is something from elementary school. I vaguely remember learning that paragraphs "should" have 5 sentences.

When I was in elementary school and high school, the rule was 2 sentences constitutes a paragraph. The grader said ALL paragraphs must be 5 sentences long. Not longer or shorter. It was weird.

[rachel83az]

When I was in elementary school and high school, the rule was 2 sentences constitutes a paragraph. The grader said ALL paragraphs must be 5 sentences long. Not longer or shorter. It was weird.

I agree; exactly 5 sentences is weird. You wind up with strange and stilted writing if you write like that. Maybe each paragraph is supposed to be a limerick!

There once was a grader so stuffy
That composing paragraphs was a toughy
We wrote day and night
But 'twas never quite right
When the grades came back, we were all huffy

[ss20ts]

When I was in elementary school and high school, the rule was 2 sentences constitutes a paragraph. The grader said ALL paragraphs must be 5 sentences long. Not longer or shorter. It was weird.

I agree; exactly 5 sentences is weird. You wind up with strange and stilted writing if you write like that. Maybe each paragraph is supposed to be a limerick!

There once was a grader so stuffy
That composing paragraphs was a toughy
We wrote day and night
But 'twas never quite right
When the grades came back, we were all huffy

A limerick? LOL That's one way to improve arguments about school uniforms.

[P226mem]

When I was in elementary school and high school, the rule was 2 sentences constitutes a paragraph. The grader said ALL paragraphs must be 5 sentences long. Not longer or shorter. It was weird.

I agree; exactly 5 sentences is weird. You wind up with strange and stilted writing if you write like that. Maybe each paragraph is supposed to be a limerick!

There once was a grader so stuffy
That composing paragraphs was a toughy
We wrote day and night
But 'twas never quite right
When the grades came back, we were all huffy

now to remember to cite you properly as the source when I use this in that class.  

[ashkir]

I didn't even bother spending time on the final argumentative essay. I just threw it together, and I think it is crap. but, I'm going to treat the class like crap, since that's how they treat me. Sophia is freaken terrible for English.

I now should've founda way to quote that limerick! LOL

[ARhead]

I understand your frustration, but you have a 71% and you have spent a lot of time on the first number of assignments. It makes sense to at least try your best on the last one because it's likely you'll get a 70% and be done with English 2.

[MadisonSylura]

So. I spent over a week working on my next essay. Before I sent it in, I sent it to someone who has a Masters in English and they teach it themselves before I got graded. It came back as a D-. I made all the corrections my friend who has a Masters whom teaches English Compostion at the college level.

Once again, her feedback was "Cite every line". She knocked off TWENTY POINTS for failure to do that. MAking it a D-. If I get one more D from her I'll fail the entire course.

I talked to Sophia, and they completely defended her actions.

wow that's harsh

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I had one bad grader in Comp I. She was just flat out wrong on her comment and trashed my score for something that wasn't even in my paper. This is not my opinion, she was factually wrong. If this wasn't scored pass fail, I would never have let that go unchecked. In Comp II, I had a great experience. My grader throughout was hard but encouraging. He pushed me to write better. I would gladly take his feedback for any future writing projects. He was extremely helpful.

I do think they should give you the same grader throughout for consistency. Comp II was only one grader for me, which was much more helpful.

I actually did get the same grader twice one time. she was actually pretty reasonable with her criticisms. the other 2 weren't as...fair. one of the graders literally switched up my essay with another lady's and  i had to get that fixed. 
 i also agree with you on that they should give you the same grader! that just makes sense

[rachel83az]

I didn't even bother spending time on the final argumentative essay. I just threw it together, and I think it is crap. but, I'm going to treat the class like crap, since that's how they treat me. Sophia is freaken terrible for English.

I now should've founda  way to quote that limerick! LOL

I think it's okay for English Comp I. But I'm really dreading doing/finishing English Comp II now.

[ss20ts]

I didn't even bother spending time on the final argumentative essay. I just threw it together, and I think it is crap. but, I'm going to treat the class like crap, since that's how they treat me. Sophia is freaken terrible for English.

I now should've founda  way to quote that limerick! LOL

I think it's okay for English Comp I. But I'm really dreading doing/finishing English Comp II now.

Maybe you'll have better luck. I started right at the end when it was free. I have already added a 30 day extension. I have like a week and a half left to get the last 2 Touchstones submitted and graded. I need to write it! That's my plan for the next few days. Get that sucker done so I'm done with this class forever!

[ashkir]

Comp I was a cakewalk.

Comp II is a nightmare. lol.

I just submitted a quickly written essay. Going to wait for grader feedback, then rewrite it for a low grade. Afterwards I am going to edit it based upon their feedback, resubmit, and put the original in there so the new grader knows it was an edit.