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Note: I found FIVE empty water bottles on the floor yesterday. This was after many others have been found since the beginning the year. This is your first and final warning that if you cannot remember to pick up your trash, drinks will no longer be allowed in the room. Please be responsible for your own belongings.

Thursday Grammar: capitalization and punctuation

As I said yesterday, your final drafts for your descriptive essay are due tomorrow by 11:59 PM. I will walk you through the process for creating and sharing a Google document, which is how you will submit this and all other essays you write for this class. 

The essay will be worth 30 points and will be broken down as follows:

• 5 points: The introduction has an effective hook. The introduction has a thesis statement. The introduction draws the reader in an creates questions that the reader wants answered in the rest of the essay.
• 5 points: The essay makes good use of imagery; that is, diction that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell).
• 5 points: The essay has a logical order and proceeds from one topic to the next seamlessly and using transitions when necessary.  
• 5 points: The essay SHOWS me rather than tells me. Paragraphs are full of rich details and vivid descriptions. 
• 5 points: The conclusion leaves me satisfied as a reader. The conclusion acts as a summary of the essay's main points. The conclusion leaves the reader with some sort of final thought.
• 5 points: The essay adheres to MLA formatting throughout. The essay has been thoroughly proofread and is free from grammatical and spelling errors. 

Please fill out your guided notes as you listen to the presentation.