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They received feedback from their peers to practice getting and receiving constructive criticism as well as the revision process for drafts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To engage with your student, you could ask them:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which element(s) they are writing about;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which message from the book they are writing about;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to glance at their graphic organizer; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the extra credit assignment proposed on Wednesday\/Thursday. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are working on our final essay of the semester that includes analyzing elements of fiction in relation to one of the messages in the novel their class read in November. 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