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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Daily Learning Target: Revise, refine, edit, and proofread own and others’ writing, using appropriate tools (e.g., checklists, writing, conferences, student-developed and professional rubrics or models), to find strengths and weaknesses and to seek strategies for improvement.
Bell Ringer Using your clickers choose the correct answer choice. • The On-Demand assessment uses a _____point scale. a.6 b.4 c.10 d.5 2. The passage-based prompt will be written in the following mode…. • informative or argumentative • informative or narrative • argumentative or narrative • fiction or narrative 3. The essay will be assessed upon the following criteria… • purpose/focus, refutation, exordium, and structure • purpose/focus, idea development, refutation, and exordium • purpose/focus, idea development, structure, and language and conventions • purpose/focus, idea development, structure, and refutation
Essential Questions • Why is it important to proofread, revise, and edit writing? • What does a Level 4 paper look like? What must it contain?
Class Created Rubric • Think of the three elements that must be present in a Level 4 paper. • With your partner decide on your top 3. • Write the top 3 on the dry erase board. As a class, we will combine the top three choices into a class created rubric. Copy the rubric on your own paper.
Five Minute Finish • You have five minutes to finish your essay.
Class Revision • Pass your paper to person 1. • Person 1 reads the paper and uses the class rubric to assess. You have five minutes. • Pass your paper to person 2. • Person 2 reads the paper and uses the class rubric to assess. You have five minutes. • Pass your paper to person 3. • Person 3 reads the paper and uses the class rubric to assess. You have five minutes.
Individual Revision and Exit Slip • Read the comments from your peers. • Think about what makes a Level 4 paper. • Use the dictionary or thesaurus to help you in the revision process. • Revise your paper.