1. Please have your draft out for check off
Take a minute to review your draft. Which do you think is the strongest paragraph? Which is the weakest? Label them 1 being strongest, through 5 as weakest.
Then consider, what kind of feedback you want today to improve your paragraphs. Be specific; Don’t say you need more evidence, but that your third paragraph on Dave’s maturity needs evidence.

2. English 12 – November 2 Today: Essay reminders Peer edit
Final draft due to turnitin.com 11:59pm tuesday
Essay reminders
NO FIRST PERSON
Do not say: “I believe that Connie demonstrated maturity by….”
Say: “Connie demonstrated maturity by…”
Quotes or specific details are required
MLA citations (Author name pg #)
Ideally you will have 2 quotes or details per paragraph
Look at the rubric
Have you included all the necessary information?

3. For peer editing
Hand one copy to your editor and keep one for yourself.
Explain to your editor what kind of feedback you want
Read your essay aloud to your editor (I promise, it makes a difference) Editors make notes as the author reads.
Go over the essay together, marking both copies as you talk.
Switch to the 2nd essay and repeat

4. Works Cited
Leder, Mimi, dir. Pay It Forward. Warner Brothers, Film.
Oates, Joyce Carroll. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Gwynn, R. S., ed. Fiction: a Pocket Anthology. 7th ed. New York: Longman, 2009.
Wricht, Richard. “The Man Who Was Almost A Man.” Gwynn, R. S., ed. Fiction: a Pocket Anthology. 7thth ed. New York: Longman, 2009.
A song:
Songwriter, W. W. (Date of copyright). Title of song [Recorded by artist if different from song writer]. On Title of album [Medium of recording]. Location: Label. (Recording date if different from copyright date).
Example:
Taupin, B. (1975). Someone saved my life tonight [Recorded by Elton John]. On Captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy [CD]. London: Big Pig Music Limited.

5. Essay due: Your paper should be a minimum of two pages MLA format
12 point Times New Roman font
double spaced
1 inch margins,
In text citations
works cited.