### Title: AI and Essay Analysis: Enhancing Writing Skills
**Synopsis:**
In this class session, the primary focus was on reviewing and analyzing student essays that discuss the implications and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI). The instructor provided personalized feedback aimed at improving students’ essay structures, clarity, and argumentative skills. Additionally, the lesson transitioned into preparing students for upcoming essay assignments by helping them develop effective essay maps.
### Attendance:
– Two students, Nagima and Ida, were mentioned as absent.
### Topics Covered:
1. **AI in Essays: Analyzing Student Work**
– Review of student essays on the benefits and criticisms of AI.
– Detailed feedback on thesis statements, topic sentences, argument clarity, and example relevance.
– Emphasis on improving essay structure and depth of analysis, particularly between distinguishing AI’s role in informational and creative capacities.
2. **Effective Essay Mapping**
– Introduction to the concept of essay maps as tools to organize thoughts and structure arguments effectively.
– Detailed guidance on creating strong topic sentences for upcoming essays on online vs traditional learning, ensuring clarity in expressing the chosen stance.
– Exercise on developing clear explanations following the “State-Explain-Example” methodology, enhancing the specificity and persuasiveness of arguments.
3. **Preparation for Upcoming Assignments**
– In-depth discussion on the importance of setting clear, argumentatively strong topic sentences.
– Interactive session where students drafted and shared topic sentences for peer and teacher feedback.
### Actionable Items:
– **Immediate Needs:**
– Follow-up on absent students to ensure they receive session materials and understand essay feedback criteria.
– Offer supplemental help for students struggling with concept application in essay maps.
– **Next Steps:**
– Plan additional office hours responsive to student schedules for further personalized support.
– Ensure that all students have clear directions and understand expectations for upcoming essay assignments.
### Homework:
– Students are required to finalize the essay maps for their upcoming essays on comparing online learning versus traditional learning. Each student must choose a stance and develop two fully supported arguments, following the discussed structures from class.
– Submission of draft topic sentences is expected by the next class meeting for further refinement and approval.