Tomorrow is the big day. You have a paper coming in--with all the rough drafts as well. It will be worth 50 points. You should refer back to the explanation sheet, the peer edit sheet, and the rubric to be sure that you are doing all you can to make sure that the paper is as strong as it can be. Here's a quick check.
Do you have a hook?
Do you transition to the claim?
Is the claim clear?
Do you mention the titles and authors in the introduction?
Are the titles all in quotation marks?
Do you start your second paragraph with a topic sentence?
Do you give enough story background so that your ideas are clear?
Do you present the information in logical order?
Is what you are discussing directly related to your claim?
Do you use quotes? Are they cited? Are they cited correctly?
Do you explain the quotes?
Do you close the paragraph?
Do you use a transitional topic sentence to start paragraph three?
Do you connect the ideas of paragraph two and three to the claim and to each other?
Do you repeat most of the ideas listed above for paragraph three? paragraph four?
Do you have a closing paragraph?
Do you restate the claim and connect all three stories to the claim through a brief summary of the paper?
Do you close with a bang?
Do you have the right heading?
Have you had someone brighter than you look at the paper to give you advice?
If you can say yes to all of these questions, then you are on your way to a strong paper.
We're reading chapter 11 of The Giver for tomorrow. Lots to talk about there too.
See you soon.
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