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Revising/Editing
After meeting with your peer reviewers and hearing their feedback, work with your discussion group to revise and edit your argumentative writing. Produce a final draft of your polished work.
Editing: Are there mistakes in conventions, such as a misuse of pronouns, that should be corrected before the draft can be considered polished?
ACTIVITY 4
Independent Writing
WRITING PROMPT: Consider an experience that is important to you and that you believe would benefit other sixth graders (other than the topic chosen for Activity 2 and Activity 3). Be sure to choose a topic that has two sides that can be defended— in other words, an idea that is arguable. You may choose whether you’d like to write to an audience of peers or an audience of parents. Then write an argumentative essay encouraging other sixth graders to try your idea or one that convinces their parents to allow them to try it. Back up your position with sound and relevant reasons and evidence.
Refer to the Scoring Guide for this writing task. It will help you understand where to focus your attention and efforts. Your essay should meet the requirements listed in the learning targets for argumentative essays.
• Establish a clearly stated claim and position.
• Include relevant evidence that is logically organized and supports the writer’s
viewpoint.
• Include a variety of evidence from credible sources based on fact rather than
opinion.
• Consider possible audience concerns and/or questions.
• Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
Use the process from your previous activities to accomplish your task.
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