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Red Pen Work
Learning from Mistakes
Mistakes are good.
• “A man’s mistakes are his portals of discovery.” James Joyce
• Every mistake in your essay offers you a gateway to knowledge.
• Mistakes show that you are trying something new and challenging.
Mistakes are bad.
• Mistakes in writing are like pests in your kitchen.
• They distract from the feast you have prepared for your guests.
• They tend to multiply unless you can control them.
Directions for Red Pen Work
• Follow up on all marked items on your essay.• Correct circled items.• Look up and write out rules when noted.• Add sentences to build up essay.• Subtract empty words.• Separate run-on sentences.
Circled Items
• Something is wrong, perhaps a misspelled word.
• Write correct word above the wrong one with red pen.
• Then write word ten times correctly on back of page.
beautifulThe beach was beutiful. We lay down on thewarm fellwarme sand and felt half an asleep for ½ and hour.
Rule Notations
• Look up rule in A Writer’s Reference.
• With red pen, write rule on page and change wording or punctuation.
• Copy rule and apply as often as noted.
Plb: Place a comma after an introductory element. P1b
When I was in a play I was responsible for learning my lines, rehearsing with the rest of the cast, and S1a Balance parallel ideas in a series.
to show up early to get ready. showing
Additions
• Look for “Tell more” or “add details.”
• With red pen, write more phrases and sentences right there on the page.
• Add special facts, proper nouns, and/or sensory details.
My math teacher taught us many things. Tell more
For example, he showed us
how to figure out the
circumference of a circle, how
to find the area of a triangle,
and how to calculate the
volume of a cylinder.
Subtractions
• All W2 rules.• Cross out unnecessary
words with red pen.• Or write a concise
version of the sentence in red.
W2c Cut empty or inflated phrases.
One of the reasons that I
enjoyed that class was
because the teacher let us
work together. Group work made that class fun.
Homophones
• Highlight circled word in your essay and on homophones page.
• Make correction in red on essay.
staring
She was starring at the haunted wondering
hunted house, wandering would
if she wood ever have the through
courage to walk threw those doors.
Run-on’s and Comma Splices
• Highlight box.• Note rule G6c yourself.• Write out the rule.• Then change
punctuation and capitalization to fix the problem.
• Or use an alternative sentence structure.
G6c: Consider making the clauses in two sentences.
I have attend EPCC for two
semester and I am
learning so much, it is the
best place to start.G6c: Consider making the clauses in two sentences.
The Box
G6c: Consider making the clauses into separate sentences.
I am learning so much, it is the best place to start.
I am learning so much. It is the best place to start.
Alternatives for Run-on Sentence
• I have attended EPCC for two semesters, and I am learning so much. It is the best place to start.
• Having attended EPCC for two semesters, I am learning so much. It is definitely the best place to start.
• I have learned so much during my first two semesters at EPCC, the best place to start.
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