Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Editing Three Definitions

Tuesday 20 March 2018 for Periods 2, 5, & 6 and Wednesday 21 March 2018 for Periods 1 & 7

Membean Vocabulary Drills:  10 minutes


Peer Editing
Mr. Stone reviewed the use of dashes and noted how they were more than likely inappropriate for the three-definitions paper.  He shared excerpts from a column on dashes by the noted American columnist and presidential speech writer William Safire.

Mr. Stone distributed a model paper and a peer editing sheet. Student swapped papers with a classmate and completed the peer editing sheet.

Mr. Stone stated that students should bold their subheadings in this paper.

A hard copy of the paper is due in class tomorrow and the assignment must be submitted to Turnitin.com by midnight that evening.

Homework:  Complete final draft of three-definitions paper and continue to study for the nonfiction terms test.




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