And Then There Were None Prompt

             In my And Then There Were None essay, I used many tactics to change and revise my paper before turning it in. Even though I used many different types of correcting reviews, the most helpful type of revision in my opinion, was the peer review checklist. I find it helps to check for simple mistakes such as commas, spelling, and grammar. By having a peer read and revise my paper, my peer found a couple sentences that didn’t make sense. I would have never thought to change the wording to make it more understandable for my reader.  Peer review also is helpful when you’re “stuck” and don’t know what to write next. Some specific changes I made to my paper before turning it in were getting rid of some commas, changing the wording of two of my sentences in my 3^rd paragraph, and adding more commentary in part two of my essay. I feel that continuing to revise my papers with peers will help to improve my writing over time. Another idea that I have to revise papers is to “speed read” papers in small groups. For example, a timer is set for two minutes and a group of four students will sit in a circle and pass their papers to the right. They would have two minutes to read the paper and make the changes that stand out the most. They would then keep passing the paper in a rotation so that everyone gets to read all of the papers in their group. I think this would be helpful because our papers would then get corrections from three or more people, and that may be very helpful to our grade.

            This year as a writer, I feel that I have so much room to improve. My goal for this year is to expand my vocabulary to help make my essays and papers less “elementary.” I also would like to make time for reading, because this summer I realized how much I really love it. I’m a very fast reader when I find a book that I love. Another goal for this year is to read at least 5 books that I really enjoy.