- Review prefixes in your notes
- Peer Review
- Write: "PR" and your name at the bottom of the first page.
- Estimating Word Count
- Count the words in five lines.
- Divide by five.
- Get an estimated word count per line for this writer.
- Multiply by the number of complete lines in the essay (usually about 28 lines per page). Count opening lines of paragraphs but not closing lines if incomplete.
- Aim for 350-500 words for a 5/6 on the SAT
- Underline the thesis if it is not underlined.
- Is it an argument? Tell them.
- Circle words that exhibit strong vocabulary.
- Circle any punctuators that are not periods.
- Draw a sad face if there is more than one exclamation.
- Draw a skull and crossbones if there are any hearts.
- Draw dripping blood if the writer wrote "the end" at the conclusion.
- Write down one thing you appreciate about this student.
- Return it to the owner.
HW: CBC -- 18
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Cry, the Beloved Country Graffiti in Soweto Township, South Africa, 1985 by David Turnley from from Black Star. (A reference to Alan Paton's great 1948 novel: "Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear.") |
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