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

read my comments

&

write down 1 thing you want to do better on with the second essay based on my feedback

a note to yourself:

what do you think you did well that I did not comment on?

congratulate yourself.

big-picture ideas--general arguments

no need to summarize your paper

call to action--we should do X

write....

what did you talk about in your conclusion?

&

what are some things you might try next time?

words trickle into our writing we don't need. Kill 'em.

that

very

really

personally 

(most adverbs)

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. 

doubling

trials and tribulations

shapes and sizes

make sure you need both words surrounding the "and"

adverbs

--ly

because your verb sucks!!!

quickly ran ------------- sprinted

slowly walked------------------sauntered

delete 10 words from your paper.

mark them out and then place a tally in the upper right hand corner of your first page.