Peer Critiques- Sentence Focus

DUE DATES- ON TIME- HUMANITIES​​​​​​​

1. ​​SPAM 3. DUE: Tuesday, 2/27, 3:30 PM. Box in Lori's room.
2. FINAL DRAFT THESIS.  DUE: Friday, 3/1, Midnight (digital copy). Google Classroom. I will have cookies for all who have turned it in on MONDAY!

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DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)​​​​​

1. Nothing right now...

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Announcements

1. NO OFF CAMPUS WEDNESDAY. We will be here to run peer critiques on in-text citations and Works Cited section.
2. THESIS IS DUE ON FRIDAY!  At MIDNIGHT!  
3. NEXT WEEK- Action Project Week. Be ready to start working on your project again, to set yourself up for success in April and May.
4. Check your absences...some of you are edging up there. Remember that it doesn't matter if they are excused, and that 3 unexcused tardies = 1 absence.

Sentence Focus and Writing Concisely
We’re going to go over the mechanics of active and passive voice as well as making writing more concise as a class. Use this handout to complete the task and for future reference. 

Peer Critiques for Today
You’re going to need to make a new document that you will share with your partner for today (whom you’ve been paired with before). Then, take a 3-4 paragraph chunk of your thesis and copy it into that document.

Sentence Revision
You’re going to go over every sentence of your partner’s writing. Every. Single. Sentence. Highlight the sentence and start a comment. Make a suggestion for revision based on focus, conciseness, or any other revision you’d deem necessary.

Now for the REAL work
You’re going to take that same fine toothed comb and apply it to your own writing. Go through your partner’s suggestions to get warmed up, then look at every sentence you wrote to see if it’s focused and concise. This will likely take the rest of class if not beyond.