Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Work at the basics

I've sent you home tonight to re-write your essay on your favorite memory. I just felt that too many of you rushed through the assignment and didn't concentrate on some of the basics that make up a good essay.

Use the checklist I sent home with you as correction points.

Here they are again:

Do I have …
o A topic sentence?
o Capital letters at the start of sentences?
o End marks?
o Proper nouns capitalized?
o Complete sentences?

Did I …
o Put a heading on my paper?
o Use my best handwriting?
o Use ‘a lot? What could I use instead?
o Reread ALL my sentence?

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