1. Rough Draft 1
CONTENT

2. Overall Are there more than 2 paragraphs? Is it typed?
Is it Double-Spaced?
Is the font times, courier or arial? Is it size 10 or 12 font?
Does the heading have name, subject, period and date?
Does it have a title?

3. Overall (continued) Is the heading on the left hand side?
Does it have one inch margins?
Is it at least 1000 words?

4. Introduction Underline the thesis.
Does it reference that Macbeth is going to be used? (Y)
Does it seem like their essay is mainly about Macbeth? (N)
Does it define what a psychological break? (Y)
Does it offer some background to psychological breaks? (Y)
Does it go into detail about the body paragraphs? (N)
Does it open to the rest of the essay? (Y)

5. Body (part 1) Does it have topic sentences? Does it have quotes?
Are there quotation marks around the quote? (Y)
Is it cited correctly? (Y) (Macbeth I.iii:1-3)
Find the quote in the play and make sure it is there and worded correctly. Is there a “ / ” between the appropriate lines? (Y)

6. Body (part 1) Are those quotes explained?
First: in the context of the novel
Second: in the context of the topic sentence
If there is a conclusion, does it bridge those gaps and tie everything in together? (Y)

7. Conclusion Underline the thesis.
Does the thesis reflect upon the other thesis? (Y)
Is it the same as the thesis statement? (N)
Does it summarize? (N)
Does it offer new supportive ideas? (N)
Does it draw a conclusion based on the body paragraphs? (Y)
Does it state how to prevent a psychological break? (Y)

8. Rough Draft 2
Make any corrections necessary and revise the essay into rough draft 2.
Rough Draft 2 is due 11/7-11/8.