Writing

media type="custom" key="21865046" Revision: Kelly Gallagher's STAR technique S—Substitute Replace overused words, weak verbs, weak adjectives, common nouns replaced with proper nouns, “dead words”

T—Take things out Take out unnecessary repetitions, unimportant or irrelevant information, and parts that belong in another piece

A—Add Add detail, description, new information, figurative language, development, Clarification of meanings, expanded ideas

R—Rearrange Rearrange the sequence to produce a desired effect and the order for a more logical flow

**Translation of 6 point wholistic scoring to 100 point grading scale.**
6+100 6 97 6- 93 5+ 90 5 89 5- 87 4+ 85 4 83 4- 80 3+ 78 3 74 3- 70 2+ 68 2 65 2- 62

Student samples:



My favorite online guide to MLA citation: [|Purdue Online Writing Lab]

Macbeth thesis statements: [|wallwisher link]

from: www.pathwayscharter.org/home/CA49707306120588/High%20School

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