Writing Process & Unit Assignment
Cite evidence from
"Dark Tourist"
Cite evidence from
"Human Planet"
Cite evidence from
"Sonny's Blues"
Cite evidence from
"Uncle Rock"
Essay Overall Checklist Questions
Are the quotations (if required) properly cited?
Conclusion Checklist Questions
Are the supporting ideas summarized succinctly and clearly?
Essay Overall Checklist Questions
Are there changes needed in word choice, sentence length and structure, etc.?
Essay Overall Checklist Questions
DOES THE ESSAY HAVE AN INTERESTING AND APPROPRIATE TITLE?
Body Paragraphs Checklist Questions
Does each body paragraph have a clear topic sentence that is related to the main idea of the essay?
Body paragraphs Checklist Questions
Does each body paragraph include specific information from the text (including quoted evidence from the text, if required by the instructor) that supports the topic sentence?
Body Paragraphs Checklist Questions
Does each body paragraph transition smoothly to the next?
Essay Overall Checklist Questions
Has the essay been proofread for spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.?
Essay Overall Checklist Questions
Has the writer tried to incorporate "voice" in the essay so that it has his/her distinctive mark?
Essay Overall Checklist Questions
Is any important material left unsaid?
Essay Overall Checklist Questions
Is any material repetitious and unnecessary?
Conclusions Checklist Questions
Is the concluding paragraph interesting? Does it leave an impression on the reader?
Introduction Checklist Questions
Is the introductory paragraph interesting? Does it make the reader want to keep on reading?
Introduction Checklist Questions
Is the main idea (i.e., the writer's opinion of the story title) stated clearly?
Conclusion Checklist Questions
Is the main idea of the essay restated in different words?
Body Paragraphs Checklist Questions
Is there a clear plan for the order of the body paragraphs (i.e., order of importance, chronology in the story, etc.)?
Essay Format
MLA format heading (top left) Your last name+pg # (top right) Title Intro: General statement/hook Develop Author/s or title/s of work Explain Thesis Body 1/2/3 Topic sentence Develop Lead in+Quote (citation: author page#) Explain (Conclude) Conclusion Thesis reworded Summarize paper Restate author/s and text/s (somewhere in it) General closing statement
Cite evidence from
Seminars and, or personal experience.
Discuss
Whether it is important to live inside or outside the cultural mainstream.
Discuss
Whether your culture is in or out of the mainstream culture.
Describe
Your culture.
Writing Process
order of steps in creating a piece of writing: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing
Publishing
the fifth step of the writing process: making the text ready to share with an audience.
Prewrite
the first step in the writing process: to plan, including brainstorming, outlining, or otherwise planning the ideas for an essay.
Edit
the fourth step of the writing proccess: updating a document to make changes, correct errors, and make it visually appealing.
Draft
the second step in the writing process: a preliminary version of (a text).
Revise
the third step of the writing process: refining or changing ideas or concepts in the text.
