Friday, April 12

DO NOWS 

• Daily Check-in
• Memory Practice Week 12 - In Google Classroom

Learning intentions

• Revision

​Agenda:

• Finish opinion essay COPY AND PASTE IT TO THE END OF YOUR INFORMATIVE ESSAY (before the works cited)
• This is due today. I will start grading them on April 19th. The last possible minute I will accept missing or redone work is 3:15 on May 17th. 

Success Criteria

• 1. I can create a specific, arguable, and focused thesis/claim.
  2. I can develop claims and supply reasoning and relevant evidence
  3. I can provide a sufficient and relevant introduction and  concluding statement
  
  

Editing checklist DO THESE THINGS!

• Is it ~450-600 words
• Does your intro have a hook and do you have some kind of conclusion?
• Is your thesis focused, specific, arguable, and HIGHLIGHTED
• Have you included at least two citations supporing your thesis?
• PRINT and READ your writing aloud. Fix any sentences that sound choppy or awkward. Make sure you vary your sentence structure. 
• Check that all your sentences DO NOT start with the same word.
• Evaluate word choice. Try to avoid too many verbs of being (is, was, are, ect.) and replace them with active verbs. Be sure to use strong words and phrases (avoid things like “a lot” or “really”.)
• Check spelling
• Check grammar/punctuation
• Check capitalization
• Check MLA Format
• COPY AND PASTE YOUR OPINION ESSAY INTO THE END OF YOUR INFORMATIVE ESSAY. USE A SUBHEADING LIKE "CONCLUSION" OR SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC TO SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PERSONAL CONCLUSION.
• Check that all your in text citations MATCH with your full citations in the works cited page?