Essay Revision Project



Essay Revision Assignment

Assignment:

You will be reflecting upon and revising parts of your essay. The goal of this assignment is to learn from mistakes, improve, and be a successful writer. The ability to write a cohesive, coherent essay will be imperative to your success as a student throughout high school and college.

Step One:

After your essay is handed back, write a detailed response to each of the following four questions:

1) What are some of the strengths of your essay? What were some of its strong points? Explain.

2) Take a look through your essay. Read all of the teacher’s comments, the timed write postmortem and class discussions on technique and application…also, revisit the rubric. What are some things you would change about this essay? How could you improve it? How could you make it an A+/AP 9 essay? Be specific.

3) What are some things you will do differently in your next essay? Be specific.

4) Do you think the grade you received on your essay was fair? Why or why not? What grade would you have given yourself? Provide specific reasons for this, preferably from the rubric. Write the grade you think you deserve and justify why you deserve this grade.

Step Two:

Now that you have reflected upon your essay, you are going to make the changes that you think are necessary to improve your paper. You will revise your thesis and one full body paragraph. Your goal is to make your paper an A+/AP 9 essay. Once you have made all of the necessary changes to your paragraph, print out a final copy.

Step Three:

Fill out the attached essay revision log to document the changes you made to improve your essay. Be clear and specific! The teacher should be able to read your list and see the changes you have made throughout your essay.

What To Turn In:

You will be turning in the following things in this order:

1) Step Three: a list of the changes that you made

2) Step Two: your new final draft (thesis & 1 paragraph)

3) Step One: your reflections on your essay

4) Your previous timed write that you turned in (the graded one) ON TOP

Due Date: September 6th

Essay Revision Log

|Paragraph # |Current Problem |How will it look when you change it |Explanation of why it needs to be |

| | |or add to it? |changed |

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