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Writing Workshop

Writing Workshop . SOPHOMORE I “I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living cr *p out of it.” Don Roff. STEP 1: CHECK MLA FORMAT. LAST NAME 1 NAME TEACHER’S NAME CLASS – PERIOD 8 NOVEMBER 2013.

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Writing Workshop

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  1. Writing Workshop SOPHOMORE I “I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living cr*p out of it.” Don Roff

  2. STEP 1: CHECK MLA FORMAT LAST NAME 1 NAME TEACHER’S NAME CLASS – PERIOD 8 NOVEMBER 2013

  3. STEP #2: ANNOTATE FOR…(Body Paragraphs) CLAIM EVIDENCE #1 ANALYSIS #1 WARRANT #1 TRANSITION WORD EVIDENCE #2 ANALYSIS #2 COUNTERCLAIM REBUTTAL WARRANT #2 CONCLUDING SENTENCE Counterclaim and rebuttal may be in a different organization. The organization To the left is Set-Up A.

  4. STEP #3: QUOTE-WEAVING & MLA IN-TEXT CITATON • Option 1: Speaker’s Tag: When _______(background)_________, he says, “___________” (Bradbury #). • Option 2: Complete Thought: ________(IND)___________: “____________” (Bradbury #). • Option 3: Incomplete Thought: ___________(DCW) ________ “___________” (Bradbury #).

  5. STEP #3: PARAPHRASE, SUMMARIZE & MLA IN-TEXT CITATION • PARAPHRASE: Rephrase statements using your own words. - MUST STILL USE MLA IN-TEXT CITATION. • SUMMARY: 5 W’s of a passage - MUST STILL USE MLA IN-TEXT CITATION. * IF THERE IS NO PAGE NUMBER, JUST USE THE SOURCE NAME*

  6. STEP #4: CONTRACTIONS NO CONTRACTIONS ISN’T = IS NOT CAN’T = CANNOT HE’S = HE IS

  7. STEP #5: PARALLEL STRUCTURE • SAME VERB TENSE THROUGHOUT • SAME TO-, TO-, TO- PATTERN • KEEP A PATTERN!

  8. STEP #6: SPELLING & CAPITALIZATION * CHECK SPELLING OF CHARACTERS’ OR SPEAKERS’ NAMES * CAPITALIZE NAMES

  9. STEP #7: GRAMMAR BOOTCAMP * DIAGRAM 3 OF YOUR SENTENCES IN YOUR WRITING. (UNDERLINE IND, CIRCLE DCW)* • IND1, fanboys IND2. • IND, DCW. • DCW, IND. • IND1, DCW, IND1. • IND fanboys DCW. • IND1; IND2. • IND: DCW

  10. STEP #8: WORD CHOICE • AVOID I, MY, YOU, US (Unless you are using evidence from personal experiences) • AVOID using “My claim”, “The subclaim”, “This example”.

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