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1.
As each composition is returned to you, read the comments and make
any necessary revisions before writing the next composition. The errors
will be marked according to the numbers in the Harbrace or
Warriner’s handbooks.
Refer to the appropriate handbook, and enter the letter beside the
number in the margin (for example, 12a, 6b, 32c). Using red ink, write out
the rule each time you miss it on the back of the page directly across
from your error. Next, cross
out the incorrect word, phrase, sentence, or punctuation mark, and make
the correction or revision in red above the line in the text. Misspelled words should be written
correctly 25 times on the back of the previous page.
2.
If a correction or revision is extensive, or if space is limited,
write the passage on the back of the previous page. Always make meaning
changes; do not merely shuffle words around.
3.
Fill in the Table of Contents on the inside front cover of the
folder in blue or black ink.
Give your themes original, informative titles that will arouse the
interest of the reader. If
you are writing about a literary work, do more than give the title of the
novel, play, story, or poem.
4.
On the inside back cover of the theme folder, fill out the Summary
of Errors. Record the number
and letter of each error marked in the paper. Enter spelling words in a separate
column.
5.
Fasten the compositions in the folder with brads in reverse
order. Theme No. 1 goes on
the bottom, the most recent theme on top.
6. Don’t begin a new composition
without revising the previous one. Then you will be building on skills
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