Over the past several weeks of school, we have been busy writing and critiquing 5 part paragraphs written on the theme of To Kill a Mockingbird. In doing so, there has been a pattern in the good and bad points each the paragraphs had as a whole. Good qualities most papers had were: word choice; commentary; concrete details; embedding of quotes; and strong theme statements. Things that most people needed to work on were: excessive plot summary; broad theme statements; commentary and concrete details not relating to the main the theme trying to be proven; and concluding sentences not serving the intended purpose. In writing the papers many people focused on small details such as word choice that enhances the paper rather than larger details such as the choice of CDs or meaningful commentary.
In my paragraph, I had some mistakes and some good qualities. I had two CDs for my first point and I had redundant word choice. High points in my paragraph were meaningful commentary, easy to follow and flowing sentences, and an insightful conclusion. I found that the things I did wrong and the things I did right did not follow the general trend of my classmates. In the writing of my next 5 part paragraph, I will be sure to check my CDs and analyze my word choice along with making sure I do the same things I did well this time well again.
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