English 4 Assignment: 02.10 Publish Your Article
Assignment: 02.10 Publish Your Article
ENGLISH 4: MODULE 02: LESSON 10 INTRO: PUBLISH YOUR ARTICLE
Publishing Your Article Worksheet
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Step 1: Print your first draft and final draft.
Step 2: Look at each paragraph across the two drafts. For example, look at your first paragraph in your first and final drafts. Then look at your second paragraphs, and so on. (hint: number the paragraphs on each draft)
Step 3: Select the paragraph with the most revisions and edits between the first and final drafts.
Step 4: Follow the instructions in the boxes below.
Copy and paste a paragraph from the first draft. You may remove the yellow and green highlights if they are distracting to you during this comparison.
Copy and paste a paragraph from the final draft. Mark all revisions in blue.
Reflection
Compare the first draft and final draft versions of the paragraph side-by-side. Discuss in at least five sentences the changes you made and why the final draft of the paragraph is an improvement over the first draft.
Final Draft: PASTE YOUR FINAL DRAFT HERE.
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Introduction
“The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is that you really want to say.”
Mark Twain’s Notebook, 1902-1903
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At this point in writing your article, you know whether your article is shaping up the way you planned it, or if it has taken a different route. In either case, you have the opportunity to improve your article now.
Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
revise your first draft of your informative/explanatory article
use editing techniques to polish writing for a final draft
After the Draft
Now that you have completed the prewriting and draft portions of the writing process, it’s time for revision and editing. Recall that revision and editing are not the same, although they are connected through their purpose of improving your draft.
Revision = make improvements to your message and how you wrote it
Editing = correct the conventions: spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation
Revision Editing
Buttons with the words, voice, word choice, ideas, sentence fluency, and organization
Start Revising
To get your draft ready for publishing, you need to revise it. To start revising, read through what you have written to see if you have:
voice
Established and maintained a voice that explains your topic to your reader appropriately. Remember, you are in the role of an informed expert as you write your article, and your voice should reflect that purpose.
Word choice
Included domain-specific and precise words. The domain-specific words should relate to your topic and demonstrate your knowledge of the topic. Use the same domain-specific words you noticed in the reliable resources you found. Precise words will enhance the domain-specific language, and vague language should be avoided.
OrganizationIdeas
Incorporated supporting facts from reliable sources to explain each subtopic and its relationship to your main topic in a logical way from beginning to end. Each quotation or paraphrase is documented in proper MLA in-text citation format. You’ve used coordinating, subordinating, and transition words to transition from one idea to the next throughout your article.
Sentence fluency
Used a variety of sentences to keep your writing interesting for your reader.
Check out this video to see run-on sentences in action and learn how to fix them.
Revision Checklists
To identify areas for revision, print out the highlighted first draft now. You will compare your draft to the revision checklists in this lesson. Be sure to print each checklist and revise your article as you go.
Reread your article and ask yourself the questions in the revision #1 checklist to help you identify areas where you can improve the development of ideas and the organization of your article.
Revision Checklist #1:
Revision Checklist—Ideas and Organization
Improving Idea Development
Is each in-text citation followed by at least two sentences to explain it? If not, add them now.
Does each body paragraph support your topic? If not, revise to add or clarify the paragraphs now.
Does the closing paragraph offer a conclusion about your topic? If not, add a conclusion now.
Enhancing Organization
Look at the green highlights you made to your first draft.
Are transition words used to connect each paragraph to the previous paragraph?
Are there any informal transition words, such as “first” and “next” which could be changed to formal transitions, like “As a result” or “Similarly”? If so, change the simple transitions to formal transitions. Refer to the chart below for examples.
Informal transitions Formal transitions
first, next, second, third, lastly, then to begin, additionally, similarly, moreover, furthermore, eventually
but, so, and although, while, as a result, for this reason
Additional Revisions
Continue your revision checklist now by examining your word choices in your article.
Revision Checklist #2:
Revision Checklist—Word Choice and Sentence Fluency
Refining Word Choice
Look at the yellow highlights you made to your first draft. Look for sentences with little or no highlighting in your first draft.
Are there any phrases you could replace with a domain-specific term? If so, replace them with domain-specific terms now.
Is there any vague language, like “things” or pronouns like “them”? If so, replace those vague words with precise words now.
Do you use contractions, such as “don’t” or “isn’t”? If so, consider removing them or writing without the contraction.
Improving Sentence Variety
Do any sentences in your paragraphs start with the same phrases? If so, revise those sentences now so they start differently.
Is the subject and verb pattern the same in each sentence? If so, consider combining two smaller sentences with a coordinating conjunction.
Editing Your Article
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The final step before publishing is to edit because you wouldn’t want to waste time making edits that end up cut from your article later. That’s like cleaning a broken dish before throwing it in the trash.
Instead, spend time cleaning up the text you want to keep in your article.
You will compare your draft to the revision checklists in this lesson. Be sure to print each checklist and edit your article as you work through the lesson.
Editing Checklist
Editing Checklist—Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling, Grammar
Are all proper nouns, such as the Bill of Rights, capitalized correctly? If not, capitalize them now.
Are all in-text citations marked in correct MLA format? If not, format them properly now.
Have you used the spellcheck and grammar-check feature in your word processing program to check for errors? If not, do so now and make appropriate corrections.
Are any homonyms, such as “their” and “there,” misused? If so, correct them now.
Have you maintained verb tenses, such as past tense, in each paragraph? If your verbs switch tenses within a paragraph, make them the same tense now.
If you need additional support as you edit, consult the resources below.
How is it done?
Using correct grammar to create complex sentences is a key to successful writing. Review these rules to use proper punctuation in your writing:
Sentence structure
Comma usage
Run-ons Unit
Comma splices
Semicolons
Writing numbers
Using Hyphens
If you need more support in learning about MLA format and citations, visit the
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). The website includes citation formats for books, articles, websites, and other sources.
Purdue’s OWL is also a reliable resource for reviewing rules for all
punctuation.
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ENGLISH 4 : MODULE 02 : LESSON 10 ACTIVITY: PUBLISH YOUR ARTICLE
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, you completed the revision and editing processes to produce a final draft of your informative/explanatory article. Now it’s time to complete the final step of the writing process: publish your writing. In this instance, publishing means you will submit your final draft to your instructor.
To prepare your final draft for your instructor, do the following:
Open your first and final drafts.
Open the Publishing Your Article worksheet and complete the required tasks.
Your final draft and Publishing Your Article worksheet will be graded according to the 02.10 Publish Your Article rubric.
Assignment
Complete all tasks and readings outlined in the lesson.
Complete the self-checks in the lesson.
In the Assessments area, submit the Publishing Your Article and final draft of your informative/explanatory article to 02.10 Publish Your Article.
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