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Ms. Nakada's Virtual Classroom: Day 7

Agenda: independent study Essay editing strategies Read 20-30 minutes Hey all. Happy Tuesday! Today's blog will be a little shorter because it's a short Tuesday. 🤣 But really, it will be shorter: shorter blog and shorter Zoom call. 1:00 - 1:30 because teachers have a meeting at 1:30 so... make sure you have questions ready for tomorrow.  Ok, so today you're editing your essays. Yesterday you revised and looked to strengthen the meaning of your writing. You are making sure all of your evidence supports your thesis.  Today you are checking: your academic vocabulary (do you vary your word choices) writer’s sentence formations vary in structure (do your sentences start differently and vary in  length or do you sound like a robot.) writer uses correct capitalization and punctuation (check for caps for all names and titles!) writer   uses consistent, formal language POV, verb tense, and active voice (present tense, third person and take out all &qu