Preparing a Revised Draft of Your Book Report

Review the comments from your classmate who completed the peer critique of your rough draft.

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR HIGHLIGHTED ROUGH DRAFT AND THE COMPLETED PEER CRITIQUE SHEET TO CLASS WITH YOUR ROUGH DRAFT. You will receive credit for these items being completed.

Review your rough draft with the peer critique sheet yourself. Make sure you have all the required components.

Create a revised draft of your paper:

Delete any unnecessary material.

--Do you have any unnecessary paragraphs?
--Are your summary paragraphs each ten sentences in length?

Add any missing required material.

Consider the quality of the material you have included.

--Do your concrete details adequately show your reader what you are describing as the positive/negative attributes of the book?

--Do your two or more sentences of commentary for each concrete detail show the reader how your concrete detail/example reflects the viewpoint of the paragraphs viewpoint and the paper's overall viewpoint (more positive if you are recommending the book/more negative if you are suggesting your classmates avoid the book)?

Make sure your paragraphs are well organized.

Format your paper in the Modern Language Association Style:

--Make sure there is double-spacing throughout the whole paper. Double-check to make sure you do not have triple spacing between your paragraphs.

--Make all margins one inch wide.

--Insert automated page numbering in the upper righthand corner of the header with your last name immediately to the left of the page number. Leave one space between your last name and the page number.

--Make sure you have a proper heading. Place your first and last name on the first line, the instructor's name on the second line (Mr. Stone), the course name on the third line (English I-1, English I-2, English I-5, English I-6, or English I-7), and the paper's due date on the fourth line in the international date format--day, month, year (10 October 2012).

--Include a specific title for your paper.

--Make sure you have a work cited page.

The student's rough draft with revision marks counts towards the points for getting a peer critique. A student receives credit for a revised draft if they have made significant content, organizational, and or format changes to their paper and bring a clean printed copy to class.

Wise students will make an electronic copy of their revised paper available to themselves by e-mailing a copy to themselves or saving a copy to an online location such as Google Documents (aka Google Drive).