Sentence Outline Peer-Grader Check

Sentence Outline Peer-Grader Check

PAPER WORK!! • Give your peer grader your SO (pulled up on your laptop and Checklist. • Place your (peer grader) name/date on the SO Checklist. • Look through your classmate’s Sentence Outline & write down/highlight the corrections they need to make. Please mark down large corrections on your Checklist, and highlight smaller corrections on the SO on their laptop. (For instance: If the paradigm is off, simply write it down on the Checklist. If they make a smaller mistake, like misspelling a word, highlight it. Let them make the corrections….you simply point out where something is wrong.)

Number 1 Jones 1 Check for pagination: Does the page number change for each page?

Number 2 • Introduction – No sentence. • Body – no sentence (erase sample words) • Conclusion – no sentence Is this formatted and labeled correctly?

Number 3 Header: Check for accuracy. Sally Brown/A3 Mrs. Chaffee LA11/Sentence Outline March 5, 2013

Number 4 Is there a centered title? (no bolding or underline) Sentence Outline

Number 5: Check spacing • Quickly scan the entire document. • Are there any extra spaces between entries, at the top of the page or on the Works Cited page? (Do they even have a Works Cited page?) • Does the “unify spacing” box need to be checked in the paragraph prompt?

Number 6 – intro sentences!! Do a quick scan. • One sentence is allowed for each entry. • Each sentence needs a noun/verb – no phrases. • No questions

Number 7 • The Thesis Statement must be underlined in the intro.

Number 8 – Subtopic check • Each sub-topic in the intro is written as a declarative sentence • Each sub-topic is copied and pasted in the same order in the body.

Numbers 9- – body!! Do a quick scan. • Each entry in the body is written as one sentence only.

Number 10 & 11 • Each entry has a signal phrase. • Each source is introduced with a first signal phrase • Every other time that source is used, a second signal phrase is used. • …..uses a variety of sweet verbs. • Doesn’t use “says” or “said.” (Said is DEAD!)

Look for….. • “Everything is great” (“All Children are Great” 4). • Did your writer include a credential….who the heck is this person? • Variety in second signal phrases….beginning, embedded, tagged. • Everything is great, says Yost, with the community (33). • Everything is great with the community, insists Yost (33).

Number 12 • Each Subtopic includes both • Paraphrases • Quotations

Number 13 Each Subtopic section contains information from at least two different sources.

Number 14 – Conclusion! • Restates Thesis in a new, powerful, & urgent way. • End is powerful and conclusive.

#15 - in-Text Citation and Works Cited Page Match • As you read the outline, place a tiny check- mark to the left of that source on the Works Cited Page when you see that source cited. (You can just make a brief list on your SO Checklist.) • The in-text citation MUST match the name or title in the HANGING INDENT. • If there are sources listed on the Works Cited page that are not found in the sentence outline, please mark them down.

Number 16 – spelling/grammar As you read your writer’s paper, highlight any errors in: • Spelling • Punctuation • Awkward/wordy sentences • First/Second person • Past Tense Verbs

Number 17Check structure • Check that parallel structure exists throughout (and lines up!): For every I., there is a II. For every A., there is a B., for every 1., there is a 2., for every a., there is a b., for every i., there is a ii., and so forth. (In that order!) Order of Structure: I. Roman Numeral A. Capital Letter 1. Arabic Number a. Lower-case Letter i. “Lower-case” Roman Numeral

Here are some codes to use: • AWK - Awkward wording or phrases • 1 or 2 – First or second person • GEN – Generalities like, “all” or “everyone” or “all around the world.” (Don’t use those.) • WC – Word Choice • WW – Wrong Word • Cliché or Slang- Informal language or “sayings.”

Finally – Write an evaluation. • See Checklist for instructions. • Consult/Converse with your peer-grader about what your impressions about their research and if their outline “lines it up” logically and clearly. • Count up the errors, write the amount above the writer’s name on the checklist and circle it. Hand it back. It’s time to revise.

Revise and correct your errors. • Please make necessary revisions for each highlighted correction. • If you change the order of your subtopics, give attention to your 1st & 2nd sig. phrases. • Make corrections to your Sentence Outline. • Your First Version is due: 3/21. =)

Sentence Outline Peer-Grader Check