04.09 Practice Makes Perfect Part 1: The Rough Draft (20 points) In the space below, paste the completed five-paragraph rough draft of your argumentative essay based on the human vs. machine or hard work vs. talent writing prompt.
Part 2: The Final Draft (40 points) Revise your rough draft by making improvements to your syntax, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and formal language and by incorporating feedback from your instructor. After making these edits and revisions, paste the final draft of your essay below. (40 points) Champion's Checklist- Use the checklist to confirm that you've completely revised your problem and solution essay. •Syntax I have reviewed and revised sentence structure and varied sentences by using interesting first words, combining short sentences, and flipping sentences. •Diction I have reviewed my word choice and revised my essay to include strong verbs and loaded language. •Spelling I have reviewed and revised errors in spelling, especially homonyms like "to, too, two," "your, you're," and "their, they're, there." •Capitalization I have reviewed and revised proper capitalization of the first word in each sentence, names, places, and titles. •Punctuation I have reviewed and revised mistakes in punctuation, making sure that each sentence ends with the proper punctuation mark and commas are placed appropriately. •Formal Language I have reviewed and revised informal language. My essay does not include my opinion, first-person pronouns like "I" and "you," slang, contractions, or abbreviations.
Part 3: Reflection (40 points) Answer each of the following questions in 2-3 complete sentences. •What are three changes you made from your rough to your final draft? •In which areas of your writing were you the most successful? •After looking at the areas that needed revising in your rough and final drafts (syntax, diction, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and formal language), what were your biggest writing challenges? •Bas
