Hello parents and guardians,
We have been working on a persuasive essay, which is due today. The students were given the three handouts below to use as a format. We went over this format and the expectations twice. I thought I'd add it to the blog for your information. Over the break I will evaluate their essays on a rubric that will give them feedback on their writing. Students have been taught the writing process and are expected to submit their essay with their planning sheet, and draft sheets that shows their revisions. In their writing folders they have handouts that act as tools to improve writing. I often direct them to revise their writing by adding or changing something. The students are expected to create a draft and then perform a 2 pass revision. What that means is that they read their essay over once and make changes, and then again and make changes. The changes they may be asked to perform are adding transition words or changing boring words to better words. These changes should be reflected on the draft. After they perform two revision passes, they are expected to sit with an adult to edit their work. This means looking for grammar and spelling errors.
The rubric is included at the bottom. For this assignment students will not be evaluated on the two pass revision or editing because we weren't able to access the laptops often enough to really focus on that aspect.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I will email parents sometime today if your child did not submit a completed essay.
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