After reading most of your drafts, I identified two areas that need the most work in your responses: author's purpose and focus. Here are some questions to help you revise these areas. Answer them directly on your draft.
1. Author's Purpose - Fulfill the prophecy: you must write an appreciation
- What elements can you add to your composition to make it look and sound more like an "appreciation" and less like a review or general literary essay? Look back at notes and mentor packet.
- How can you make sure your composition has a nice balance of a) why you appreciate the book, and why it's important to you; b) specific evidence from the text; and c) why the book is universal and timeless and important for all readers?
- Appreciations are often written as an introduction to a book and invite the reader to read it. Imagine your appreciation as an introduction to the book you are writing about. Does it invite readers?
- What is the main message/big idea that you want your readers to think, feel, and know?
- How can you improve the focus? Does each sentence and paragraph support the focus?
- What details do you need to take out or add to elaborate on and clearly support your focus? How do these details and examples support your focus? Explain.
Happy revision!
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