WARM UP

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WARM UPReview

• What have you learned so far about the writing
  process? Make a list of general steps to writing
  an essay.

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WARM UPReview

• 1. Identify and list the comma usage rules you
  know.
• 2. Explain Parallel Structure.

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Todays Learning Goal

• I will review the writing process and make
  revisions to my essay by completing a
  self-assessment of my draft.
• I will evaluate proper grammatical usage of
  commas, parallel structure, and semicolons by
  using the grammar lessons in my writing packet.

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The Writing Process

1. PREWRITING
2. WRITING AND REVISING
3. EDITING AND PROOFREADING
4. PREPARING FINAL DRAFT

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PREWRITING

• Choosing a subject
• Your word assignment
• Gathering details
• Collected information about your word
• Brainstormed examples and put definitions into
  your own words using the word map
• Focusing your Efforts
• Completed your outline

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WRITING AND REVISING

• Connecting Your Ideas
• Used your prewriting exercises as a guide when
  you wrote your rough draft
• Improving Your Writing
• Review your rough draft and decide if it offers
  your readers a thorough and engaging examination
  of the subject. Add, cut, rearrange, and rewrite
  parts as necessary.

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Lets Complete a Guided Revision of your Draft
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INSTRUCTIONS

• Use the Revision worksheet to complete a guided
  revision of your rough draft.
• Read each question and double check every
  sentence in your draft if necessary.

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EDITING AND PROOFREADING

• Check for style
• Review your revised writing to make sure all your
  sentences read smoothly and clearly
• Check to make sure you have used the best words
  to express your ideas (diction)
• Avoid repetition of ideas and similar words
• Check for accuracy
• Correct any errors in grammar, spelling, and
  punctuation

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Comma Rules Use a comma to

• Separate a list of at least three items
• Separate quotations from the speaker
• To combine 2 ideas into a single sentence
• If your sentence has more than 2 ideas, it is
  most likely a run-on sentence.
• Separate introductory phrases from the rest of
  the sentence
• Show the relationship between a word and a noun
  phrase that follows
• Separate two complete sentences joined by a
  conjunction
• And, but, so, or, for, yet

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Answers to Comma Practice

1. game, lets
2. Miranda, Tom, Alex and Joe
3. friend, Janis Dixon
4. dinner, you
5. school, lets

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• said, Meet
• Wow, that
• homework, will
• red, green, blue, yellow and orange.
• park, I

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1. fishing, remember
2. party, lets
3. you, said Jake.
4. errors, if
5. dentist, Dr. Jones, is

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CHECK YOUR DRAFT for correct comma
usage!4minutes 12seconds
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Parallel Structure

• The repetition of a chosen grammatical form
  within a sentence.
• In other words, everything needs to match!

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Parallel Structure Answers

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. B

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CHECK YOUR DRAFT to make sure each sentence uses
correct parallel structure

• 4minutes 12seconds

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Semicolon Rules Use a semicolon

• To connect to INDEPENDENT clauses
• Two ideas that could stand alone as their own
  sentence
• Before an adverb that joins two independent
  clauses
• Therefore, However, Consequently
• To separate a list of phrases

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Answers to Semicolon Practice

1. outside Kim
2. best your
3. wet I
4. Ill need golden apples unsalted butter whole
   wheat bread tomato soup and potatoes.
5. must arrive on time complete all tasks
   follow the rules and be their best.

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1. roses the roses
2. Jade otherwise,
3. gym I
4. well however,

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Add a SEMICOLON to your draft.

• 4 minutes 12 seconds

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PREPARING FINAL DRAFT

• Use Correct Formatting (See p. 14 in writing
  packet)
• 1 page margins
• Size 12 font (Times New Roman or Arial)
• Double Spaced
• Paragraphs Indented and Left Aligned
• Name, Teacher, Class, Date
• Title (centered)
• Page Heading
• PROOFREAD one last time before submitting and
  correct any changes before printing!

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Exit Reflection

• After completing your guided revision survey,
  what are some changes you need to make to your
  writing?

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Exit Reflection

• Explain one rule of comma usage, and one rule of
  using semicolons.