When you revise an essay, you will use all the writing skills we have learned so far this year. It is best if you read Ms. Avery’s notes. In early essays, she may have written “You have many incomplete sentences” or “Use spell check.”
In some cases, we did not learn a writing skill, i.e. the hook, until mid-semester. You may choose a beginning-semester essay so that you can write a complete thesis and organize topic paragraphs.
The chart below is a list of skills we have learned, and you may use this as a guide to writing a complete essay.
Fiction | Nonfiction | |
Capitalization, Punctuation & Spelling | Capitalize first letter of every sentence Capitalize proper nouns Spell numbers less than 100 Use clear end marks Correct quotation marks for dialogue | Capitalize first letter of every sentence Capitalize proper nouns Spell numbers less than 100 Use clear end marks Correct quotation marks and parentheses for citations |
Word Choice | Limit “to be” verbs Descriptive actions Use imagery Dialogue Complete (varied) sentences, limit 2 clauses | Limit “to be” verbs Complete (varied) sentences, limit 2 clauses Includes variety of subordinate conjunctions and advanced vocabulary |
Introduction | Hook is an action or character’s question that grabs the reader’s attention | Hook (Definition, Imagine statement, Famous Quote) Thesis Statement |
Supporting Details | Clear beginning, middle, end Character and setting details match the main plot | Clear topics Exact examples Makes connections to the thesis |
Choose ONE of the first semester writing assignments to revise and improve an essay.
01 Letter about a summer movie (Persuasive)
02 Favorite Activity, Interesting/Ridiculous Person, I Admire or When I Grow Up (Expository)
03 First Day of School (Personal Narrative)
04 Rhapsody in Blue (Narrative)
05 Caring Person (Expository)
06 Mystery Character (Response to Literature)
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