1. Circle the prepositions (of, in, about, for, onto, into)
2. Draw a box around the "is" verb forms
3. Ask, "Where's the action?"
4. Change the "action" into a simple verb
5. Move the doer into the subject (Who's kicking whom?)
6. Eliminate any unnecessary slow wind-ups
7. Eliminate any redundancies.
Perform the method on the model paragraph on Google Docs, then have students perform it on the first paragraphs of one another's essays.
Homework: No class on Tuesday; Post Unit 1 Project to blog by class time next Thursday; re-read Unit 2 assignment sequence and decide on the behavior you want to modify
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