This week we started the class with a Quick Write. Sometimes we use SAT/ACT essay prompts or college application essay prompts for our beginning of class writing. Our writing this week was a little more light-hearted; they could choose between Guy Fawkes Day (November 5) or National Sandwich Day (November 3).
The students were to bring copies of their rough drafts to class to exchange them with another classmate so that they can do peer edits. We had gone over how to do peer edits a couple of weeks ago. I encouraged them to read the essays in the same way that I did:
First -- Read the paper all the way through to get a big picture perspective
Second -- Read the Introduction and the Conclusion; made sure the fit together because they should mirror each other.
Third -- Read the whole paper again; look for transitions. Read to make sure the paragraphs flow smoothly and have the right content.
For the Peer Edit, the students should fill out the rubric and the worksheet (questions 1 - 4).
We spent part of our class time working on some practice writing sections from a SAT Prep book. The exercises we worked with included misplaced modifiers, dangling participles, parallelism, and wordiness.
I also have the rough drafts for the students; for this rough draft I will be checking for grammar and mechanics.
Please let me know if you have any questions about the process.
Assignment for Next Week:
-- Peer Edit classmate's paper
-- Fill out Peer Edit
Links for this week:
Class Notes
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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