Dear students,

You have an opportunity to rewrite your essays from this semester. If you are interested, please watch the video below for a little more information. There are also written instructions that follow. The video will go into detail about those instructions, so that you can use the steps I give you to rewrite any essay from the semester.

Essay Rewrite Guidelines

Late rewrites will not be accepted – unlike previous essays – these rewrite do need to submitted on time.
You have to make significant changes to your essay for me to regrade it.

Here’s how to do that:

Download the comments I made on your essay into a Word (or Google) doc, and respond to each comment. Tell me what you learned from that comment, and how you will apply what you learned to your entire essay rewrite (if appropriate). Also, how will you apply what you learned to future essays that you write?
Rewrite your essay from the ground up, making big, structural changes as needed, and improving every single aspect of your essay, far beyond only what I have written.
After you finish rewriting it, answer some questions (you can add these answers to the end of your essay, after the Works Cited page).

What was the strongest aspect of your essay before the rewrite?
What is the strongest aspect of your essay now?
Which comment or comments on your essay were most helpful to you and why?
What changes did you make beyond responding to my comments and why did you make those changes?
What did you learn from this process that you will use when writing in the future?

Submitting Your Essay Rewrites

When you are ready, click "Next" below to submit the essay rewrite. Note: There is one rewrite "assignment" for each essay you have written for this class. They are all optional! They are worth zero points, so if you don't do them, no problem! If you do do them, and your grade goes up, you will see some extra points in this assignment (so if your grade goes from a 70 to an 80, you'll see ten points here - the difference between 70 and 80)! Please let me know if you have any questions :-).