High School Sports Revision Guide, Deadlines, and Process

You will all receive your high school sports first drafts back by Wednesday in class. If you are satisfied with your grade on the paper, please place it in your folder in the back of the classroom.

If you would like to revise, the revision is due in class on Monday, September 19. All revisions this year need to be printed, with the newest draft stapled in front of all previous drafts. Please do not e-mail or resubmit revisions via Google Docs. I will not accept revisions missing the first draft with my comments.

While you will receive individualized comments on your papers, I have produced a revision guide you can begin to use now. Please see the attached file for hints and suggestions about how you can begin the work of improving your paper before you read my comments. The best way to learn to become an effective writing is to combine the suggestions of an instructor with your own insight into how you can make your work better. Consider having a peer or another person review your paper using this revision guide as a checklist.

And don’t forget the original post, which has notes on introductions, naysayers, topic sentences, and more.