Free Write: What was the most exciting part of your Thanksgiving Break?

Peer Editing Guidelines This is to benefit you and your peers – if you are talking and not focused, you are doing your peers and yourself a disservice Your conversations should revolve around the essays and the betterment of your peers and yourself. If you are unsure of something ASK!

The Groups Group One Drew Hale Joey R. Kyle C. Group Two Alex Hayles Quinn W. Alonna C. Drew Cottrill Group Three Blake D. Alex Carelas Nick Kolsch Josh T. Group Four Dalton P. Jala M. Cameron B. Banks M. Group Five Kevin M. Glenric B. Nicole G. Anthony E. Group Six Camy S. Conner K. Tyler P. Dimitri V.

The Groups Group One RJ C Brynn D David N Nick K Mackenzie P Group Two Dylan R Olivia A Ryan M Paul T Group Three Cal W Keaton A Avery D Satuye L Rami M Group Four Jeremiah B Ben Miskelly Matt V Sydney G Group Five Cameron R Dalton H Caleb C Angelina F Group Six Mike M Jonathan B Jayda C Ben Hawkins

The Process We are going to look at a paragraph together and peer edit as a class as practice. You will then move to reading through your own paper (Hint: Sometimes reading it out loud helps to point out flaws or grammar errors) Once you have completed the steps for self- editing, you will start working with your group to peer edit, filling out the guide on Canvas and discussing the papers with your group members.

Example Marriages in the time prior to the Regency Era were easy to conduct and did not require anything more than stated vows by the couple. Marriage was seen as the most holy of unions, it is still viewed that way today in churches and religious beliefs. Weddings saw some changes between the Regency and Victorian Eras but remained a very formal and important event in a young couples lives.

Comma Splices/Run On Sentences A comma splice is the use of a comma to join two independent clauses – semicolons can correct these errors A run-on is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (i.e., complete sentences) are joined without an appropriate punctuation or conjunction Conjunctions FANBOYS

Steps Find the Peer Editing Sheet under the Narrative Essay unit on Canvas. It is linked in the page Fill out the “Self-Edited” portion of the sheet Once you finish this section, share your essay with your group members online so that they may make comments on your work. Fill out the remainder of the sheet for your peers’ essays.