Name: ___________________________
Date: ________
Writing Reflection --------------------------------------------Personification Section
1.
What object did you personify? _____________________________
2.
Narratives (stories) give us insight into human nature. What insight into human nature does your
object-personification give?
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3.
To give insight, you were asked to focus on a specific moment-in-time. What moment-in-time did
you focus on?
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4.
Strong writing has VOICE. VOICE is one of our six traits of writing. List all six below:
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5.
What does writing with VOICE mean?
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6.
A writer often creates voice through WORD CHOICE and SENTENCE FLUENCY. Find a sentence from
your writing that you feel shows strong VOICE and write it below:
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7.
Analyze your sentence from above. Why do you say it shows strong VOICE? What WORD CHOICE
and SENTENCE FLUENCY did you use?
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8.
Score your overall level of VOICE in this piece of writing (not just the sentence above).
Voice
6
5
4
3
2
1
Irresistible voice
that asks to be
shared
Individual,
confident voice
speaks to
readers
Moments of
strong voice
speak to
readers
Voice comes
and goes - or
not always a
good fit with
audience
Distant voice writing to get it
done
Hard to "hear" the
writer in the text
-Original-definitely
distinctive
-A good “read
aloud” candidate
-Voice appealing
and well-suited to
topic/audience
-Spontaneous,
lively, expressive,
enthusiastic
-Sparks of
individuality
-Reader might
share a line or two
-Voice fades at
times-acceptable
for topic/audience
-Pleasant, sincere,
emerging, earnest
-Voice emerges
sporadically-then
retreats
-A “share-aloud”
moment
-Voice seems
mechanical, not
always directed
to audience
-Quiet, subdued,
restrained,
inconsistent
-Writer seems to be
in hiding
-A hint of voice-text
not ready for
sharing
-Just a whisper or
the wrong voice for
audience, purpose
-Remote
encyclopedic or
inappropriately
informal
-No sense of person
behind words-is anyone
home?
-Reader feels no
invitation to share text
aloud
-No apparent
engagement with topic,
concern for audience
-Voice…just…missing…
(the writing is
unique to you)
-As individual as
fingerprints
-Begs to read aloudreader can’t wait to
share it
-Uses voice as tool
to enhance meaning
-Passionate, vibrant,
electric, compelling
-Reveals the human
spirit
9.
Why did you score it as you did?
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Revision Work
10.
Which of the eight revision strategies did you select to use? (From your Writing Handbook.)
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11.
Why did you select that strategy?
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12.
Select one section you applied this strategy to and complete the following table about it. Write
what that section was like before you revised using the selected strategy and then what that
section looked like after you applied the strategy.
Before
After
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13.
Go back to your before and after example and highlight or underline the differences.
14.
Find another example of before and after that involved applying that strategy.
Before
After
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15.
Go back to your before and after example and highlight or underline the differences.
16.
Explain how you applied the strategy to your writing and why you think it was a good idea.
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17.
What’s the difference between revising your work and editing your work?
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18.
Why do we generally revise our work before editing it?
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19.
How does revising relate to the statement – “don’t fall in love with your first draft”? Do you think
revising is important?
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