Bellringer Write down 1-2 questions you have about the revision - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Bellringer  Write down 1-2 questions you have about the revision process or my expectations for your final essay.  When you are done, raise your hand, and I will collect your question.

Agenda  Bellringer/Check draft revisions (5)  Revisions Q&A (5)  Formatting (5)  Transition words (7)  Clauses and sentence errors (30)  Distribute rubric (5)  Peer review (30)  Closure (5)

Formatting Titles  Short story titles are never italicized, underlined, or put in bold.  We use quotation marks for short story titles.  Ensure your title is properly capitalized.  Example: “The Lottery”

Essay Formatting Doe 1 John Doe Ms. Secrest and Mr. McClain English 9A November 12, 2014 Title The short story “August Heat”…

Transition Words  What is the the purpose of a transition word?  What are some examples?  Where or when do we use transition words?

Revising: Clauses  An independent clause is: A group of words that: Has a subject,  Has a verb, and  Expresses a complete thought.   A dependent clause is: A group of words that is missing: A subject,  A verb,  Or a complete thought.   Independent clauses can exist on their own as complete sentences.  Dependent clauses depend on other clauses to form a complete sentence.

Revising: Sentence Errors  Sentence errors occur when:  You treat a dependent clause like a complete sentence. “Sentence fragment”  When Poe uses imagery.   You combine multiple independent clauses incorrectly. “Run - on sentence”  Jackson uses foreshadowing in this quotation, this makes the reader  consider the tension between reason and madness.

Revising: Sentence Fixes  Fixing Fragments  To fix a fragment, first ask: What am I missing?  In the example, “When Poe uses imagery,” we have a subject ( ) and we have a verb ( ), but we do not have a complete thought .  Make the thought complete: “When Poe uses imagery, he creates an eerie mood.”

Revising: Sentence Fixes  Fixing Run-Ons:  Split the two independent clauses into two separate sentences. Jackson uses foreshadowing in this quotation. This makes the reader  consider the tension between reason and madness.  Use a comma and a conjunction. Jackson uses foreshadowing in this quotation , and this makes the reader  consider the tension between reason and madness.  Use a “ semi-colon .” Jackson uses foreshadowing in this quotation ; this makes the reader consider  the tension between reason and madness.  Do NOT simply use a comma by itself. This is a common error called a “comma splice.” Don’t splice!

Closure  How can you transform this sentence to prevent it from being a run-on? Noyes uses repetition to emphasize an important moment in the poem, this is the moment when the highwayman behaves in a mad manner.