Week 08-M

In groups of no more than 3:

  • Writer 1:
    • Read paper out loud.
  • Everyone (Including Writer):
    • Respond in writing to the paper:
      • Which philosophy of justice is the writer discussing?
      • Do they think the justice system is doing its job, according to that philosophy?
      • What examples from Mistrial did they use? Can you think of other examples that might support their argument?
    • Share and discuss your responses.
    • Give written feedback to the writer.
  • Repeat with each writer's paper.

Errors and Mistakes

Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
John Madden
John Madden

Just because you're good at talking about something, doesn't mean you're good at doing it.

Flobbing sallably, the glotty yofs sambolated in the wickersnacks.

  • What were the yofs doing?
  • What kind of yofs were they?
  • How many yofs are there? One or more than one?
  • What were the yofs doing beside sambolating?

What is the proper order for adjectives of count, age, and nationality?

  • four
  • the
  • girls
  • young
  • French

The young French four girls.

The four young French girls.

Just because you don't know how to talk about something, doesn't mean you don't know how to do it.

Mistakes

  • The problems in our sentences that exist because we weren’t paying attention, were focused on our ideas, or were typing too fast.
  • We can fix these as soon as we notice them.

Errors

  • The things we don’t know how to do yet in our sentences.

  • Even when someone underlines, highlights, or circles them, we don’t know how to fix them.

  • We can’t just fix these automatically–but we can sometimes avoid them.

Proofreading Strategies
Catching our mistakes.

Can you find the
the mistake?

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Proofreading is about looking at our own writing to find our mistakes—the problems we can solve as soon as we notice them.

Strategy 1

Have a partner read your paper to you out loud, exactly as written. Ask them to read slowly, pausing after each sentence. If you hear them say something that sounds wrong, correct it on the paper. Note: we are not correcting each other's papers; all we're doing is reading out loud.

Proofreading is about looking at our own writing to find our mistakes—the problems we can solve as soon as we notice them.

Strategy 1

Read your paper to yourself, out loud, backwards—that is, read the last sentence first, and then work your way back to the beginning.

As before, read your paper exactly as written. Pause after each sentence, and make any corrections you find necessary.

Which Writing Project do you plan to use for your Midterm Portfolio?