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Revision

  • The process of getting to an excellent product takes TIME!

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  • Move, rewrite, break paragraphs
  • Rewrite sentences
  • Check/add transitions
  • Revise thesis

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Goals

Alignment

  1. Did I follow all directions?
  2. Did I answer the questions/respond to the prompt?
  3. Did I say what I wanted to say?

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RUBRIC

  • LOOK AT GOOGLE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC

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Content

  • Add
  • Remove
  • Refine

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2 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  1. What is my main claim?
  2. Does this sentences help, or lead to support of my thesis

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Using Sources

Resources

  • Signal phrases
    • Speaker’s name
    • Organization
    • Date
    • Title of article�
  • Parenthetical Citation
    • 1. Author’s last name
    • 2. Article title�
  • Google Citations

Example

  • Ohio governor John Kasich furthers this point, stating in 2016, “If guns were illegal, critics of gun control contend, only those willing to break the law would be able to wield the power of a firearm” ("Gun Control Laws”).

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First and Last

Revise thesis to match your paper

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SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR TODAY

  1. I can revise my draft to improve quality of argument