Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Paragraphs
7-10 sentences?
Underline topic sentences
Underline concluding sentences
Do they align? Are similar key words and
phrases used in each sentence?
Summaries
Brief
Complete
Objective strictly the facts
No quotes
Assessment of Presentation
Are your statements explained?
This information is accurate because
This information is significant because
Thesis Statement
Is it the last sentence in the introduction?
Is it specific and predict what possible body
paragraphs will be about?
Grammar - Prepositions
Look at the word before each end
punctuation (period, question mark,
exclamation point [unspoken rule not to
use exclamation points in academic
writing]) to ensure that it is not a
preposition.
Grammar - Pronouns
Circle all pronouns.
Draw an arrow to each pronouns antecedent.
Check to ensure that they align in singularity and
plurality.
If an antecedent can not be found, create one.
Grammar Which/That/Who/Whom
Highlight which/that/who/whom
Which/that refer to objects
Who/whom refer to people
Grammar Capitalization
Capitalize the first word of every sentence
Mark all capital letters that do not begin
sentences.
Proper nouns should be capitalized
General nouns should not be capitalized
For Tuesday
Due Annotated Bibliography final copy
Submit materials in this order: Rubric, Final Copy,
Prewrite, Plan (Outline), Rough Draft/Peer Review
Due Mock Works Cited Mulligans
Submit revision on top of original rubric and works
cited