Coming of Age Planning an Interview Learning Targets Plan and prepare to conduct an effective interview. Revising and Editing for Publication: Review and revise to make your work the best it can be. – Have you carefully transformed your questions and answers into a narrative? – Have you arranged to share your draft with a partner or with your writing group? – Have you consulted the Scoring Guide and the activities to prepare for revising your draft? – Did you use your available resources (e.g., spellcheck, dictionaries, Writer’s Checklist) to edit for conventions and prepare your narrative for publication?

Name_________________________Partner’s Name_________________________Period___English 9 Honors____/10 pts. Interview Narrative: Partner Editing Checklist 1.) Choose a partner in class to work with on editing your interview narrative rough draft. 2.) Share your rough draft with that person in Google Drive – make sure that you give them editing permission when you share the document. 3.) Read over your partner’s rough draft and check for the editing elements below. Make corrections/suggestions in RED color font. EDITING ELEMENTSFEEDBACK FOR PARTNER Check for SPELLING/GRAMMAR errors: If you find errors correct them in RED. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Check for DICTION (word choice): Do they use formal/informal vocabulary? Does the vocabulary fit with the overall tone of the writing? How can they improve diction? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Check for SYNTAX (sentence structure): Do they use a variety of simple and complex sentences? How can they improve syntax? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Check for IMAGERY (sensory details): Do they use a variety of sensory details to create a strong visual connection for the reader? How can they improve imagery? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Check for TONE (writer’s feeling towards subject): Is the writer’s tone positive or negative? What tone word best describes the writer’s feeling towards the subject and why? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Check for DIRECT/INDIRECT QUOTATIONS: Do they use both direct and indirect quotations throughout their narrative and do they add to the VOICE of the interviewee? Are direct quotations correctly punctuated? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ What are 2 THINGS this writer did well in their interview narrative and 1 THING they could improve on in their final draft? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________