Characterization Essay Name_____________________________Per_____
SELF EVALUATION CHECKLIST Character
you evaluated _____________ Points ___/20
*.* TURN IN THIS CHECKLIST, completed, WITH YOUR FINAL
ESSAY, due
Wednesday, Feb. 26
INTRO & CONCLUSION PARAGRAPHSPlease complete the following task for each item listed
below. Be sure to circle yes or no and initial in the spaces provided.
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Draw a box around your thesis (that which you plan
to discuss) from paragraph one and the restated thesis from paragraph
seven. YES or NO Is the thesis clear? YES or NO Did it
list all the items that will be discussed in the essay? YES or NO Ask yourself, did I describe all the items listed in the thesis? YES or NO Did I clearly
RESTATE my thesis in paragraph seven using different words that mean
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Draw an exclamation point in
the margin, next to your attention-getter. Read your attention getter to
someone sitting next to you. Have them initial HERE ______ that you read it
to them. Then ask if they thought it
would grab the reader’s attention, circle one YES or NO. Ask them if they
have a suggestion to improve your attention-getter and write the suggestion,
here
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Draw a
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Place a jagged line beneath the main subject’s name you
will be discussing in your essay from your introductory paragraph. |
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Underline |
Topic sentence beginning each of your five body
paragraphs |
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Highlight |
Using a marker or colored pen, highlight or underline the
ten vocabulary words you used from lessons 8 – 13 |
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BODY PARAGRAPHS & OVERALL REQUIREMENTS. For each of your body paragraphs, check the following items. Please mark the items YES for those that can be found consistently, and NO for those requiring changes, yet, from you. |
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Tasks completed. |
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Does the first sentence of each body paragraph include a transition
from the subject you were previously discussing to the new topic for this
sentence? |
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Does each body paragraph include a topic sentence for
every paragraph? |
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Are two examples listed
for each characterization in the body paragraphs? |
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Is every example is cited correctly? Only the page
number needs be listed in parenthesis. The period does not occur until AFTER
the second parenthesis mark, for example, Compared to the great distance
that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost
touching her (98). |
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Were all of the sentences at least 12 words in length? |
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Did I use the same tense for the entire paper? |
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Did you only write this essay
using third-person, not using any form of “I” or “you” or “we.” |
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Was I open-minded? This
essay only uses proof from the text to stand for the points I am trying to
make. I do not make any generalizations or “we-statements” assuming my
viewpoints on others because not all readers will interpret what I say the
same way I do. |
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Did I only use 12-point font (Times New Roman or an
equivalent font I already discussed with my teacher)? |
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Was the essay at least two pages in length? |
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