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Essay #1 Check Sheet

____ Submit your revised rough draft to your Writing Group by the end of the first week.

____ Learn what peer editing is and how to peer edit before helping with your Writing Group’s rough drafts.

____ Complete peer editing your Writing Group’s rough drafts by Friday of the second week.

____ Revise your draft again and again, integrating any useful advice from your Writing Group.

____ Read your draft aloud, adjusting the wording as your “reader’s ear” suggests.

____ Check your draft carefully for the following: commonly confused words errors, sentencing errors, subject-verb agreement errors, and pronoun agreement errors.

____ Check your draft’s format to be sure that it conforms EXACTLY to MLA guidelines.

____ Submit your final draft in doc, docx, or rtf format to the CANVAS “Submit Assignment” location by the due date.