Writing+Revisions

__**Making Improvements to your Synthesis Essay ---** **Revisions due by Wednesday, 10/26. **__
 * You may earn **up to 10 points** on your essay, based on the rubric below.

 **5-7 points:**
 * 8-10 points: **
 * **All ** teacher-recommended changes made to essay
 * Student must also take initiative and improve the paper based on his/her own observations
 * Essay is a **substantial** improvement on previous draft
 * Essay demonstrates a significantly improved level of polish (i.e. no mechanical errors, awkward wording, errors in sentence structure, etc.)
 * Student must meet with teacher or writing center teacher at least 2 times
 * **All ** teacher-recommended changes made to essay
 * Essay is an improvement on the previous draft
 * Improved mechanics, sentence structure, word choice, etc.
 * Student must meet with teacher or writing center teacher at least 1 time

 **1-4 points:**
 * Some recommended changes have been made
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essay shows minor improvement from previous draft
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Several mechanical errors, errors in word choice or sentence structure still exist
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Student must meet with teacher or writing center teacher at least 1 time