MY TOPIC IS ABOUT TEACHER

Step 1: For this workshop, you will pick at least 2/4 following worksheets and complete them for your own paper that you choose to revise for the revision essay.

Introductions Remember the goals of an introduction: capture the attention of the reader and gain their interest, provide context regarding the subject so that the thesis makes sense, present your argument to the reader, and forecast the paper. An organization typically follows the upside-down-triangle format. Please reverse outline your introduction (which means to outline the main ideas covered after they have been written) and put them in the appropriate sections of the following triangle. After you have done this, please answer the following questions: 1. Does the hook grab you in and make you want to keep reading? How could this be stronger or more effective? 2. Do you have enough context to understand the thesis? Does there need to be more or less? 3. Based on the thesis, what is the paper arguing? In what order? Why should you care?

M = main idea: establish a strong topic sentence (like a mini thesis for that paragraph) E = evidence: support your topic sentence with evidence (cited if from an external source) A = analysis: discuss the significance of the evidence to your topic sentence & thesis L = link: transition (remember Venn diagrams!) to the next paragraph 1. Go through your paper and on the left side of each body paragraph identify what the main idea of that paragraph should be. If there is more than one main idea, this means you likely need to break this down into two paragraphs! 2. On the right margin identify how that main idea supports your thesis. 3. Highlight for MEAL using the following code a. M = pink, E = yellow, A = blue, L = orange 4. Review what you wrote on the left margin for the main idea. Does this match the topic sentence you identified? If not, determine if you have more than one topic and you need to divide the paragraph, or if you simply need a stronger, more focused topic sentence. 5. Does your evidence support your topic sentence? Do you have enough? Is it paired with analysis that shows the significance and relevance? 6. Go through the transitions and draw out the connections via Venn diagrams in the space below

Step 2: Complete the Editing.docx Download Editing.docxon your essay and submit the following answers (alongside your two completed worksheets).

Editing.docx:

Editing & Proofreading 1. With your partner, please take time to read your paper aloud to each other. If willing, consider switching papers and have your partner read it to you. As you read, please listed for sentences where they stumble, overused words, redundant sentence structures, extra words or missing words, and issues related to clarity. 2. Next, read your paper up from the bottom to the top (focusing on each sentence in seclusion) and check for issues related to punctuation or typos. 3. Read over and check your sentence structure. Look specifically for issues related to passive voice (remember, passive voice is when your subject is separated from the verb, there is no subject, or you aren't utilizing an active verb - you can't "is" something!). 4. Finally, do a last read through to look for issues related to academic writing style. Remove any unnecessary uses of I, you, we, me, etc. Additionally, look at sentences that start with the word "this" and try and ensure you start with a more distinctive noun or follow the word "this" with a noun to ensure clarity. Also, look for the word "thing." We often use this as a placeholder when we can't think of a better word, but many times there is a more specific word that you can utilize.

• What grammatical issues did you notice while doing these edits?
• What other issues did you see?
• Which editing technique worked best for you?