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1. NVC

2. Congo Prompt Revision Activity

3. Return and Revise Congo Prompt

Essential Question: How do we improve our writing skills?Homework: Revise Congo Prompt

Congo Prompt Debrief

Directions• Read and evaluate each paper using the rubric• FOR EACH PAPER write– 2 things you think are good– 2 things you think could be improved– Score it (Advanced, Proficient, Basic)and write

TWO sentences explaining why

Advanced• Thesis: Answers ALL aspects of

the prompt (motive + treatment) in a clear and specific way

• Evidence– Pulls evidence from AT

LEAST TWO documents – Addresses the source– Evidence is well-chosen and

strongly supports the thesis• Analysis

– Analysis fully explains the evidence

– Analysis gives specific reasons how the evidence proves the thesis

– Analysis uses academic language

Proficient• Thesis: Answers ALL aspects of the prompt,

but might be short and not specific• Evidence

– Pulls Evidence from AT LEAST TWO documents

– Evidence is short and the source may not fully addressed

– Evidence supports thesis, but not the best evidence

• Analysis– Analysis explains the evidence, but is

shorter, less specific, or simply repeats what the evidence says

Basic• Thesis: Restates the question and does

make a claim about the prompt• Evidence: Evidence is partially missing,

not from the documents, or does not support the thesis

• Analysis: Little or no explanation of the evidence.