1. What do you have difficulty with when writing a paper?
What can you improve to make your writing better?
Do you like apples?

2. Writing Plan & Drafting
Mr. Short
English 12: College Now
6 March 2018

3. Today’s Agenda: Writing Improvements Drafting
Tips to improve your writing process.
Drafting
Chrome Books

11. Calendar: RJ2’s paper due Monday 12 March 2018.
Use this time wisely. Follow the schedule. 5 6 7 8 9
-In-Text citation
-Pre-Writing
(Carlsen)
-Conferencing & Drafting
-Paper documentation (Trimmer)
-Peer revision
-Common writing errors
“That” 12 13 14 15 16
RJ2 Paper DUE
-RJ3 intro
-Research
& Topic Check
-Improving the process
-Scholarship information

12. Schedule: Prewriting: The past few weeks Drafting: Today and tonight
Think / Research
Drafting: Today and tonight
Finish your rough draft.
Responding: Thursday
Find a friend
Revising: Friday
Make it better
Proofreading: Weekend
Make it correct
Writing Checklist (handout)
Publishing: Monday
Share the finished product

13. Other MLA Resources: Perdue University’s OWL:
MLA Formatting & Style Guide
MLA Formatting Basics
MLA In-Text Citations
MLA Formatting Quotations
MLA Formatting Works Cited

14. Be sure to complete work in all of your classes.
Create a plan to organize your assignments and have enough time to get them done.

15. With Pro tips from Mr. Short.

16. Get assignment, break into parts. Skeleton outline Spooky
Very spooky.

17. Don’t start w/ intro Start w/ 1st body P Make Thesis
We CAN start with the intro because we’ve done a lot of research... but you don’t have to.
You should definitely have a thesis statement.

18. Body Paragraphs Write thoughts Don’t write “I”
don’t say “I think...” or “I” for any reason.
It is obvious this is your opinion as it is your paper.

19. Conclusion
Restate / tell topics
Hold up arguments
Reword proof
This is not a restatement of your thesis, but it is a rewording of the proof of your argument (thesis).

20. Intro P Rewrite concl. Put thesis at end
The thesis is the most important part of your paper.
Your entire goal is to prove it.

21. One sentence of all points in body
Thesis Statement
One sentence of all points in body
No it is not!
Although these tips are great, this is one area that is not true.
don’t say “I think...” or “I” for any reason.
It is obvious this is your opinion as it is your paper.

22. Write info before and after quoting Cite person Add why important
Quotes
Add credibility
Write info before and after quoting
Cite person
Add why important
This is all true. Nice work.

23. Another fun fact: Google Docs is much worse than Microsoft Word for formatting and doesn’t even Have a citation maker.
Your citations are 85% done for you. You must use them in-text.

24. Chocolate or vanilla milkshake?
Neither: Strawberry or Mint.
Also, notice this is a rough draft, not your final form.
Follow the steps of the writing process.

25. Download these notes to use these tips

26. Download these notes to use these tips

27. https://youtu.be/BuRuwR2JSXI

28. Drafting:
Use the remaining time in class to continue drafting your research paper.
Tomorrow, we will look at revising tips.
You should finish typing your draft before next class.
With your updated outline, it should be simple.
You will share your paper with a partner for “responding.”

29. Start Early, End Early. Homework: Finish your rough draft.
With your updated outline, it should be simple.
You will share your paper with a partner for “responding.”
Start Early, End Early.