Editing, Continued.

1.  Attendance....

1.5 Journal.....  Why do you have a responsibility to be a fair and thorough editor for another?
 
2.  Class Narrative....

3.  Groups and Essays (see notes below)

4.  HW-  Final Draft of Essay due in MLA format.

5.  HW-  Read the following descriptive essay and answer the questions below.

Questions:

1.  Famous writing advice includes the maxim:  "Show, Don't tell."  Provide an example of where Mr. Orwell follows this advice and explain why you believe he follows this advice.

2.  Descriptive essays employ figurative language like similes and metaphors.  Find a simile and a metaphor in "A Hanging" and explain how they each help readers better understand the situation or the image that Orwell is attempting to describe.

3.  Most good essays have a message.  What is Orwell's message, and why do you think it is the message?


Editing Groups:

Please have a sheet of paper where you answer the following questions about your classmates' essays.  After you've read the essays, answer the questions on the sheet you've created and return the sheet with the essay to your group member.

While you are reading the essay, please circle any areas where you think there are mistakes.  Don't explain how to fix them (unless they ask), just notice the mistakes that you see.

Questions:

1.  What is the topic of this essay?
2.  What is the purpose of this essay?
3.  Did the essay have a beginning, middle and an end?
4.  Was the topic interesting?
5.  Did it "start in the middle of the action?"
6.  Were there so many mistakes that you couldn't focus on the essay?
7.  Would you tell another about this essay?
8.  Offer one suggestion for change to the essay.
9.  Provide 2 compliments about the essay.
10.  Do you think this is an A essay?