1. Grammar revision October 8/9
Personal Narrative
Grammar revision October 8/9

2. Heading
Is your heading on the top left? Does it look like this? If not, fix it.
Beyonce Knowles
Mrs. Trace/Mrs. Mueller
Honors 7th Grade Survey Literature Period #
11 October 2012

3. Formatting
Check the following. If anything is incorrect, make note of it.
Is your entire paper (including your title) typed in 12 pt./Times New Roman font?
Is it evenly double spaced with 1 inch margins? (There should not be an extra space between paragraphs.)
Are your paragraphs indented?
Is your paper between words (2-4 pages?)

4. Commonly Confused Words
After working through your CCW exercises, look at your own paper and correct any words that you might have gotten confused.
Pay special attention to:
To, too, two
Their, there, they’re
Affect, effect
Your, you’re
Where, were, we’re

5. Check for Fragments.
Do each of your sentences have a complete subject and a complete predicate? REMEMBER: A subject by itself or a predicate by itself is considered a fragment. (Review grammar lessons 1-2 for a reminder.)
Fix any fragments.

6. COMMA RULE: FANBOYS
Step one: Circle all the (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) in your paper.
Step two: Is there an independent clause on EACH “side” of the FANBOYS word? IC=Subject + Predicate.
If so, a comma MUST go in front of that FANBOYS word.
Example:
I went to the park, and I played on the slide.
If there isn’t an independent clause on either side of the FANBOYS words, you do NOT need a comma.
I went to the park and played on the slide.

7. Final Rubric Review
Flip open to the final narrative rubric. Let’s read the descriptor for an A essay one more time. What do you need to work on from now until next class so that you earn an A essay?

8. FOR THURSDAY/FRIDAY Submission Requirements:
You must bring a printed copy to class.
You must bring ALL of your rough drafts and rubric.
You MUST submit your essay on Turnitin.com. We will do this in class on Thursday/Friday, BUT you must bring your essay on a flash drive to do so. Make note of this now. Please do not tell your mom/dad that you need a flash drive at 9:00 pm on Wednesday night!
You need an address to create a Turnitin.com account. If you don’t have an , create one BEFORE next class!