CORE 1: (as homework)If you did not finish your essay before our editing session, you need to have a parent work with you to do this simple edit step:
0. First, sign the paper and print your name.
1. Read the essay all the way through - do not think of editing in any way, just read for understanding.
2. Read the essay a second time with a pencil in your hand.
- you will only edit for two types of passages in a specific way - no grammar, punctuation, spelling, or any rewriting of any kind should be performed.
- you will be marking passages - word strings between 3 - 12 words
- Find about 4 ideas that "really pop out" in someway - great ideas, well written, really speaks to the reader, excellent sentence structure - for what ever reason.
- underline these passages, and put a star at the beginning and end of each of these lines or sentences.
- Find about 4 ideas that present unclear ideas, need more detail, or need more work in order to make better sense of the ideas presented
- Use bubble brackets at the beginning and end of each of these passages.
- When you are done, pick two star-lined and two bubble bracketed passages and make two comments about each of these passages.
- Be descriptive, but make sure that your comments allow your son or daughter to write a good second draft with more detail that reflects quality 7th grade writing.
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