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                  REVISE AND EDIT                                                             Review your draft.

               Work with a partner to revise and edit your drafts. Read each other’s essay and suggest

               ways to make it stronger. Ask each other questions about anything that isn’t clear. Use
               these questions to help you evaluate and improve your work.

                      PURPOSE/            ORGANIZATION            EVIDENCE              LANGUAGE/            CONVENTIONS
                        FOCUS                                                          VOCABULARY

                 … …Will my            … …Are my ideas        … …Is each of my      … …Did I define any   … …Have I spelled all
                    introduction get      presented in a         main points           technical or          words correctly?
                    readers               logical order?         supported by          scientific terms?
                    interested in my                             evidence from                            … …Did I use a variety
                    topic?             … …Does my                the texts?         … …Did I use linking     of sentence
                                          conclusion sum                               words and             types?
                 … …Does each             up what humans      … …Is all of my          phrases to
                    paragraph             can learn from         evidence              connect ideas?
                    contribute to my      animals?               connected to the
                    overall main idea                            topic?
                    about learning
                    from animals?




                  PUBLISH                                                                     Share your work.


               Create a Finished Copy.  Make a final copy of your essay. You may want to include
               photos or illustrations. Consider these options for sharing your essay:

                    1  Share your essay with another class as you display photos or drawings of the

                       animals you discuss. Practice reading your essay accurately beforehand,
                       noticing when you mispronounce a word and stopping to correct yourself.
                       Be prepared to answer questions and respond to comments.

                   2  Get together with several classmates for a panel discussion about what humans

                       can learn from animals. After you share your essays with the class or a small
                       group, discuss ideas from the essays that are similar.

                   3  With guidance from your teacher, post your essay online to a science blog or

                       web site for students.

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