12/14/13:
Saraphin wrote the final draft of her third paper for this week’s meeting. She had revised it substantially and the result was a solid, well argued paper. I wrote her a reflection letter on the paper and we discussed it during the meeting. In particular, we discussed the length of her sentences and the need to cut down the number of clauses. We discussed the waxing and waning of the writing process. Overall, however, Saraphin’s final paper was a great improvement over past papers and drafts in terms of grammar, clarity, and use of evidence. We discussed the many things she has worked on, how she has improved, and how she can continue to improve. Finally, we went over the manual assignment. She seems confident with the assignment and had no questions.