Below are the instructions for essay revisions. Please see Mrs. Santos or Mrs. Cossano if you have questions.
Directions for essay revisions
1. Have
you checked the comments on your paper and rubric? No? You cannot revise
until you do so. Yes? You are able to revise.
2. Choose
the rubric categories you most want to improve: Thesis, Evidence, Analysis,
Organization, Language.
3.
* For each category you want to improve, write a
brief paragraph answering: What did you do well in that category? What do you
need to improve? How are you going to improve?
4. Next:
pick one or two sections where you struggled, and revise that. For example, say
one paragraph lacked analysis, rewrite that paragraph with better analysis. Or,
if you need to improve quote integration, pick a paragraph to rewrite quote
integration. You may do this for more than one rubric category. If you lost
points because you did not have a Works Cited Page, you can also turn that in
to increase the MLA score.
5. If
you are not sure why you got a score on a rubric section, read the rubric
descriptors or talk to Santos.
6. This
will be due April 19th. You will email or
bring in a printed copy and give it to Santos.
7. The
overall point of this is to see that you know where you are struggling, and
practice/improve by rewriting. You should not be rewriting the ENTIRE essay
though.
