• Grab a self/ peer editing guide and an orange reminder from the Pick Up Bins

The Great Gatsby Project: Self/ Peer Editing 4/9/15

• Write down one thing that was easy about writing your rough draft OR something that helped you get started

• Write down something that you struggled with• Examples:• Developing a thesis, body paragraphs, and/or

conclusion• Topic sentences• Transitions• Introducing quotations• MLA in-text citations/ the “Works Cited” page

Warm-Up

• IWBAT self edit and peer edit a friend’s essay in order to check that I’ve met the requirements before submitting my final draft

• Final Project due Friday 4/10

• Friday 4/10 Gatsby Kahoot Review for the Test

• Monday 4/13 The Great Gatsby Unit Test

Objective and Due Dates

• Take out your essay and grab a different colored pen and marker

• Go through your essay and make sure that each requirement on the checklist appears in your essay. Write notes to yourself on the actual paper or on the grid so that you can add, delete, or change an idea

• I will call you up in alphabetical order to check essay completion.

• Complete drafts will earn 25 points; partial drafts will receive partial credit

Class Activity: 4/9/15

• When you finish self editing your own essay, switch your assignment with a partner of your own choosing

• Give your partner the essay and the rubric to peer edit your essay

• After you and your partner finish editing one another’s essays based on the rubric, conference with one another about things your partner did well and things that your partner can work on

• You should write AT LEAST 5 comments on your friend’s rubric

Switch Essays with a partner

In-Paragraph Transitions

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r-gLr_9i0g

• Flow is an important aspect of writing, whether it is a research paper or an FCAT Writing Essay.

• Every sentence should easily transition to the next, no matter the topic, to eliminate choppiness and awkwardness within writing.

What transitions are helpful inside a paragraph? OR transitioning from one paragraph to the next?

*For example *Similarly *Even so

*Meanwhile*Nevertheless *In fact

*Consequently *However *So

*In addition*As a result *Also

*Additionally *Then *Without a doubt

* Too *Furthermore *Not only

*For instance

Introducing Quotations:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-q4ivqu6ZU

• Use the guide below to check for correct in text citation format and write a works cited list for the novel and the articles, based on the examples below.

• In text: (Fitzgerald 112). (Hoover 2).

• Period goes AFTER the citation

• Book:

Author’s Last name, First name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. (Print OR Web).

• News Article:

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical. Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.

Assessment: MLA Citations/ Works Cited