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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do our attitudes toward the past and future shape our actions?

Editing and Proofreading

Edit for Conventions Reread your draft for accuracy and consistency.

Correct errors in grammar and word usage. Remember to avoid contractions

and informal vocabulary.

Proofread for Accuracy Read your draft carefully, correcting errors in

spelling and punctuation. Make sure to use commas after introductory

clauses, participial phrases, or a series of introductory prepositional phrases.

Publishing and Presenting

Create a final version of your argument. Join a four-person “reading

group” and read each other’s work. Complete an index card for each paper

you read, commenting on the best points of each essay and making one

suggestion for next time. Keep your remarks impersonal and considerate.

Reflecting

Reflect on what you learned by writing your argument. Did writing about the

text help you better understand the text? What step in the process helped

you focus your argument most? What will you do differently the next time

you write a response to literature?

PEER REVIEW

Exchange papers with a classmate. Use the checklist to evaluate your classmate’s argument and

provide supportive feedback.

1. Is the claim clear?
   yes no If no, explain what confused you.


2. Did you find the argument convincing?
   yes no If no, tell what you think might be missing.


3. Does the response to literature conclude in a logical way?
   yes no If no, suggest what you might change.


4. What is the strongest part of your classmate’s paper? Why?

 STANdARdS

Writing

Develop and strengthen writing as

needed by planning, revising, editing,

rewriting, or trying a new approach,

focusing on addressing what is most

significant for a specific purpose and

audience.

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Peer Review

Tell students that their job in peer review is to

assist their classmates in strengthening their

writing. Remind them that criticism should

always be constructive and explain what can

be improved. Point out that number 4 is an

opportunity to find the strongest, best part of

their peer’s writing and provide encouragement

and supportive feedback.

Reflecting

Tell students that as they reflect, they should not

only consider the feedback they received but

also reflect on what they learned by reading and

listening to other arguments. What argument

or writing style was particularly memorable and

why? Remind students that an effective way to

improve their writing is by reading and learning

from what they read. Encourage students to

revisit peer writing that impressed them and

consider what they could learn from it.

PERSONALIZE FOR LEARNING

English Language Support

Peer Review English learners may have a difficult

time sharing ideas during peer review. Pair these

students with each other and support their

exchanges by providing sentence frames where

needed. For example:

One question I have about your claim is _____.

I was confused about _____.

Your argument did not convince me

because _____.

One question I have about your conclusion

is _____.

The strongest part of your paper is _____.

What I like best about your writing is _____.

EmErging/Expanding

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