Summer honors
on a piece of paper, describe....
an academic writing strength
&
an area of academic writing you need to improve
&
the piece of writing--any kind of writing--that you are really proud of
Essay 1 feedback
read my comments
&
write down 1 thing you want to do better on with the second essay based on my feedback
Write
a note to yourself:
what do you think you did well that I did not comment on?
congratulate yourself.
conclusions
big-picture ideas--general arguments
no need to summarize your paper
call to action--we should do X
your conclusion
write....
what did you talk about in your conclusion?
&
what are some things you might try next time?
fluff
words trickle into our writing we don't need. Kill 'em.
that
very
really
personally
(most adverbs)
Example
In the fiction book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Card writes about a young boy named Ender who I personally believe was able to used many different styles leaderships.
Try deleting 3 words.
Don't shout it out yet.
more fluff
doubling
trials and tribulations
shapes and sizes
make sure you need both words surrounding the "and"
more, more fluff
adverbs
--ly
because your verb sucks!!!
quickly ran ------------- sprinted
slowly walked------------------sauntered
fluffy exercise
delete 10 words from your paper.
mark them out and then place a tally in the upper right hand corner of your first page.
