rubrics and assessment

Socratic Seminar

• 10th Grade Writing Rubric- The basic rubric I use for assessing almost all writing assignments.
• Seminar Reflection Rubric- The rubric used to assess your seminar reflections.​​

• Socratic Seminar Reflection Guidelines- See this for what should go in each paragraph (4 total) of your seminar reflection.​​

outlining and organization

paragraph s

• Essay Outline Format- This is a format that you can use for any essay in this class.  Please make a copy BEFORE you start typing on it.
• Handwritten Essay Outline Format- Prefer to handwrite your essay outline?  Print this and use it to help you.
• MODIFIED Essay Outline Format- Use this outline format only with prior approval from Lori.

• TEA Paragraph Format- A basic handout explaining the structure of a TEA paragraph.
• What do I do for Analysis?- A quick guide and questions that  can help you develop your analysis in TEA paragraphs.

Sentence level

Revision and proofreading

• Setting Up Quotes- See this for the three different methods to set up quotes, tips on following up quotes, and examples of each.
• Concessives-  This outlines the rules for using concessives to write a better thesis statement.
  

• Revision Strategies- While this is geared towards the interview essay, these strategies and this checklist can be used for other writing as well with only minor modifications.
• MLA Citations- See the handout linked here for a quick cheat sheet to MLA Citations (8th Edition).​​​
• MLA Formatting- See this slideshow for how to format a paper in the MLA style.  This will have guidelines for margins, headings, font, etc.