After reviewing and scoring other AP Language argument essays, identify two important takeaways that you can apply to your own writing. Explain what you learned about claims, evidence, commentary, the “so what?” explanation, or the AP rubric. Use specific observations from the essays you reviewed. Write one complete paragraph.

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Prompt: Identify two important takeaways that you can apply to your writing. Explain what you learned about claims, evidence, commentary, the "so what?" explanation, or the AP Rubric.  

Prompt Response: My first important takeaway from  the past argument essays is that explaining your evidence doesn't have to be 2-3 sentences. The more sentences you add that actually support your evidence without repeating make your essay look nicer and polished. My second important takeaway is to state your position in your thesis in the FIRST paragraph. By doing this it sets up your body paragraphs. I also learned that repeating your evidence does not equal explaining it. I specifically saw this in the shorter essays where they just repeated their evidence. 

Summary: In class we took notes on the commentary part of an essay and we graded past argument essays. 

Reflection: I learned how the more you know about something the better you can craft your commentary and evidence. Having good commentary without just repeating the evidence is important to getting a five.