True or False: You should edit yourself as you write your rough draft. Writing your draft is the time to decide if all your ideas fit.
False: The first draft of your essay is where you get all your ideas down on paper, editing comes later.
What do quotes always need to have?
Quotation Marks
What does ACE stand for?
Answer the prompt
Cite Text Evidence
Explain
What some examples of things you should do before you write?
Outlines, Graphic organizers, webs, idea trees, etc.
What is the first piece of an introduction paragraph? What is its job?
The lead: leads the reader to they subject you will be writing about.
What kind of evidence do we use most often in ELA?
Textual
What is the difference between revising and editing?
Revising: changing, adding, deleting IDEAS Editing: checking small mechanical issues (spelling, punctuation, grammar)
Fill in the blank: Your introduction is where you state your __________ and introduce your ________________
Topic sentence; subject
While the whole essay works to explain the author's claim, body paragraphs work specifically to explain the author's ____________
reasons
Why do we need prewriting? What does it help us do?
It helps us to organize all of our ideas and plan our writing.
In order to prove their points, all body paragraphs need what?
Evidence
In your conclusion you should briefly review your _______________.
The reasons for your topic sentence
What are the steps of the writing process? Name two.
Prewriting, writing a rough draft, revising, editing/proofreading, publishing/submitting
True or false: Introductions are the first paragraph of an essay.
True