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 Long day of long grading first drafts. Most of these fell into one of three boxes:

• Completed effort
• Mostly completed effort with a few gaps
• Not a countable effort

There were more of the final variety than I'm comfortable with. I'll need to clarify to folk that if their major revision plan is "finish the analysis," then they don't really have a first draft and cannot therefore participate in peer review.

Someone seems also to have used AI to crash-write something at the last minute. I had to make the "this is the worst option to choose" lecture happen. 

I'm impressed that I buzzed through all the papers so quickly. I'm curious whether I can do a similarly quick buzz-through for the final drafts. At the very least, my old version of intensive commenting will simply have to fall away. I don't have it in me to do that 40+ times.

Another problem I flagged: I suspect many students just aren't reading the play for the day, waiting to read it until they decide to write about it. They can get through a multiple-choice quiz fine with faking. But when it comes time for peer review, lots just freely admit they never read play X. 

This relates to a larger problem of unequal commitment from students. Group work--directing scenes particularly--becomes next to impossible since one or two students in a group simply do not do anything. 

 I think I'll pitch this problem directly to the classes, get their thoughts. 

Truthfully, I'm kinda low and tired right now. I think I need some sleep before I can delve into or vent about all the things.