9th Grade - Freshmen had today to peer edit their drafts for the "Romeo and Juliet" essay. I provided a peer review worksheet that is primarily focused on content. For students that missed this class, you can have a friend, family member, or other adult read through your essay as well. The main points to focus on are -
1) Does the argument make sense? Would an audience that has not read the play be able to understand what you are saying, or are there sections that need to be clarified?
2) Do you use quotes, and do the quotes actually connect to your ideas?
3) Is there a clear thesis? Does the thesis reflect the content of the essay?
4) Proofreading - are there run-on sentences, fragments, punctuation errors, etc? This is the last step in editing - if the other parts do not all fit together, perfect punctuation won't help too much.
FINAL DRAFT DUE TUESDAY, 6/7.
10th Grade - We had our second formal discussion surrounding A Separate Peace today, and then students were given the last 15 minutes of class to begin the next chapters in the book.
The main questions for this discussion are listed in the previous entry.
A final note with the discussion credit - most classes have enough students where everyone will have participated before the 3rd formal discussion. People who are the active participants in the 3rd discussion will have credit added to their score, but I will reserve those slots for people that did not participate well enough or scored low first.
Homework - Read Chapters 9 and 10.
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