Skill-Building
Revision Assignment
Points: If
you earned anything less than an A, you can earn eight (8) points added to your
essay grade. I will add the points tonight, and they will stay in your grade if
I receive a satisfactory revision assignment by Monday. If I do not receive a satisfactory assignment
by Monday, I will remove the points from your essay score.
Due date:
December 15, 2014
Chose one of
the following revision assignments.
1) Writing clear, concise prose
You might want to choose this if your
major problems are related to wordiness/language clutter, filler words, vague
or empty words, misplaced modifiers, awkward diction or syntax, excessive use
of the passive voice and verbs of being.
2) Avoiding comma splices (do not
join independent clauses with only a comma)
3) Writing a focused, detailed and
meaningful thesis statement and clearly connected topic sentences for each body
paragraph
Improving Your Focus: Creating Continuity
between your Thesis Statement and Body Paragraphs (pp 14-15 of your AP Language and Composition
Writing Sourcebook)
4) Properly punctuating citations and
avoiding floating quotes (according to MLA guidelines)
5) Other problems with punctuation
(e.g. proper use of commas, colons, semicolons, apostrophes, etc)
6) All other problems (e.g.
redundancy, poor word choices, poor choice of supporting evidence,
misinterpretation of the text, etc.)
Assignment
Parts:
a. Write a rationale statement explaining why you feel you most need to work on this particular skill. Generally speaking, I want you to explain why – based on past experience, comments on this essay and others, etc. – you feel this is a writing skill you most need to work on.
b. Find a good source in print or on the internet which provides guidance on this writing skill. Copy/print a reasonable length (5 or less pages) for the purpose of annotating. Read it and annotate it for important advice and tips, especially advice that pertains directly to your struggles.
c. Next, choose the portion(s) of your paper which need from revisions/improvements in this area, and rewrite it according to the guidance provided. Using the cross-out functions in Word or Google Docs and/or highlighting/underlining functions, show the edits you made to improve your writing. Use text boxes/comments to explain in the margins why you made your changes and/or how they made your writing better.
d. Write a strong reflection paragraph
describing what you learned from doing this assignment and how it will help you
in future essay writing.
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