I made a claim about the text, and I supported it with reasons and evidence.I wrote a clear thesis statement with my claim and three reasons., I used transition words like for example, one way, another time, in addition to, also, next, lastly, finally, etc., I embed my quotes by making them part of a bigger sentence with my own words., I gave three reasons to support my opinion., I re-stated my thesis in my conclusion., I summarized the text or the message in 1-2 sentences in my conclusion., I used specific details from the text to support my argument., I started each sentence with a capital letter, and used a capital letter for all proper nouns., I ended each sentence with correct punctuation., I used what I know about word families and spelling rules to help me spell words correctly. When I didn’t know, I used a spell-checker to correct spelling mistakes., I correctly used commas and quotation marks in sentences., I used a formal and convincing tone (no words like maybe, probably, my, me, I, us, you, we)., I wrote an introduction paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph., I have at least 6 pieces of evidence in my essay to support my opinion and reasons., I left readers with a big thought at the end., I use transition phrases like this is important because, this shows that, this proves that, this teaches readers that, at first______ but now_______, the character realizes, etc., I introduced the story by mentioning the title, author and a brief summary in the introduction., I hooked readers into my essay by writing an interesting lead (a question, a surprising fact, a bit of background information, a definition, a mini-story, etc.)..

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