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Let’s begin with revision. Star your topic sentence Underline your three examples Highlight your explanation Put a # next to your conclusion. Topic Sentence. Does it have in it: “The No-Guitar Blues” Gary Soto Fausto The character trait you came up with. Three examples. Ask yourself….
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Let’s begin with revision • Star your topic sentence • Underline your three examples • Highlight your explanation • Put a # next to your conclusion
Topic Sentence Does it have in it: • “The No-Guitar Blues” • Gary Soto • Fausto • The character trait you came up with
Three examples • Ask yourself…. Do these support my character trait? Do you have transition words? If not, add one in to show you are moving from example to example: For example First For instance Next In addition Finally
Explanation • Does your explanation follow each example? • Is it longer than your example? • This should only be your thinking….! • Does it connect back to your example? • Does it explain why your example helps to show the character trait?
Concluding Sentence • Does it restate your character trait? • Does it explain why Fausto having this character trait was important to the overall story?
Find your weakest explanation… • Reword or revise it to make it clearer. • Add a thought. You can say something like: This shows Fausto was (character trait) because………
Now edit • Is each word in the title of the short story capitalized? • Do you have a period at the end of each sentence? • Look for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Take out… • The words: • You • Me • I • For example: “I am writing about Fausto” or “I think..” or “You can see”
Edit • Is it double spaced, Times New Roman Font? • Does the heading look like this, double spaced? Name English 7 Period October 1, 2014 Character Analysis Paragraph
Peer review • Now, pass on to a partner….
Your Plan Revision: Look at your partner’s comments and write down how you will revise your work Editing: Choose one of these two additional editing methods: • Read the work aloud to find missing words, incomplete sentences, and other unclear wording. • Have a parent or other adult read your work and comment.