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Published on Nov 19, 2015

This is class feedback for the grade nine English diagnostic essay.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Class Feedback

on the ENG1D1 diagnostic essay
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Good News!

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The majority of students...
-followed instructions
-predicted
their +s/-s
-completed the essay

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Everyone received
a level 2, 3, or 4.

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MINOR ERRORS

included...
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Mistaking homonyms like
-there, their, they're
-affect, effect
-its, it's

Forgetting that
"a lot"
is two words

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Joining two sentences
with a comma

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Not spelling numbers
below one hundred

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Using first person (I)
with no slang,
idioms or contractions

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Using and, but, or, etc.
(conjunctions)
to begin sentences

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Avoid Stating The Following Words (in your essay):
thesis, essay, arguments

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MAJOR ERRORS

included

Combining the three arguments and the thesis into one sentence.

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Not using specific evidence (events, experiences, etc.) in your arguments

Not explaining and connecting your evidence back to the thesis

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Remember...

it is a diagnostic essay
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Don't Be Upset

We're here to help each other.
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