Reminders for all 9th and 10th graders:

For Monday/Tuesday 12/14-15
Turn in your final revisions of your DE paragraph outlines/paragraphs!:

OBJECTIVES for DE outline coherence:  
-Make sure your details support your topic sentence;
-improve explanations on right to explain "specifically how does EACH detail show my topic sentence?"
-focus topic sentence to match your details and explanations as specifically as possible
-"re-edit" explanations to match as closely as possible with your focused topic sentence.

once your Outlines are "coherent," (by satisfying everything on the list above), rewrite your paragraphs:
OBJECTIVES for paragraphs themselves:
-Make sure to include all your content, especially the explanations, from your DE;
-Follow the "Couching rules":
          1. Shortest applicable quote possible
          2. Quotes must be integrated into your complete, grammatical sentences.
     3.Make sure that quote makes logical and grammatical sense, even if ""s are removed.
          4. Make sure that "show" is connected somehow (both logically and grammatically) with 
               the "Tell"
-include transitions, just like we reviewed in class, remembering to choose appropriate transitions from each category and vary their placement in each sentence!
-Follow all rules of the formal style, including correct grammar and usage.  

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