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This I Believe essay check

This I Believe essay check. Check off the following in your essay: Stated your belief Told a story Wrote 350-500 words Said what you DO believe not what you don’t believe. Narrative check. Check your story to make sure you: Included specific, concrete details

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This I Believe essay check

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  1. This I Believe essay check Check off the following in your essay: • Stated your belief • Told a story • Wrote 350-500 words • Said what you DO believe not what you don’t believe

  2. Narrative check Check your story to make sure you: • Included specific, concrete details • Focused on a moment you learned or came to realize something (which reflects your belief statement) • Told your story in a conversational tone

  3. Step 1 How’s it Look? How’s it Sound? Using your highlighter, mark up your essays to improve: Sentences that sound clumsy or confusing. Sentences that could be more descriptive or written with a stronger voice.

  4. Step 2 Think Goodness Using your highlighter, mark up your essay to show: Sentences, words, phrases you think are nice. Paragraphs you struggled with and succeeded. Paragraphs you are proud of.

  5. Step 3 Re-Vision Using your highlighter, mark up your essay to show: One complete paragraph you want to re- envision OR 4 disconnected sentence that need re-vision REWRITE THE PARAGRAPH or SENTENCES ON THE BACK OF YOUR PAPER.

  6. Step 4 Essay Mechanic Using your highlighter, mark up your essay to identify: Any sentence fragments Any run-on sentences Any comma splices Any words you’re unsure you spelled correctly Any other grammatical or mechanical issue

  7. Step 5 The Things You (Could’ve) Left Behind Using your highlighter, mark up your essay to show: Any words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs you could do without.

  8. Step 6 • Revise for hedgers, gushers, and absolutes. Find ‘em and cross ‘em out. Hedgers: Maybe, might, kind of, sometimes, it seems like… Gushers: Very, so, really, overwhelmingly…. Absolutes: Always, never, all the time…

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