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1. Good Afternoon! • NVC • Congo Prompt Revision Activity • Return and Revise Congo Prompt Essential Question: How do we improve our writing skills? Homework: Revise Congo Prompt

2. Congo Prompt Debrief

3. 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

4. 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.