This I Believe (Re-Written)

One writing assignment was assigned called the "This I Believe" essay. It is focused around a main belief the writer has. Of course, because it's part of an English 12 class, the essay connected to the Jefferson County Pacing Guide. Here's how:

Prioritized benchmark 2.a: Produce a variety of academic and workplace texts, using media suited to specific purposes and audiences. This benchmark requires the writer to be able to: create writing for people outside the classroom and deliberately address purpose, audience, theme, format, and organization, and incorporate style and design to construct overall impression.

Prioritized benchmark 2.e: Utilize peer feedback, style manuals, and electronic tools to revise, edit, and evaluate their own texts. This benchmark requires the writer to be able to: utilize the writing process, use rubrics and evaluations tools as well as peer and instructor feedback to better revise and edit a text, and use real-world examples in own text.

Prioritized benchmark 2.f: Rehearse, plan, and organize writing by employing a variety of strategies and rhetorical styles. This benchmark requires the writer to be able to: use appeals to argument and thoroughly plan for audience, purpose, content, organization, occasion, and format.

Prioritized Benchmark 2.g: Exhibit skillful use of language, using a carried, accurate, and apt vocabulary. This benchmark requires the write to be able to: use a variety of word choice effectively and accurately for subject, genre, mood, tone, purpose, voice, and audience as well as to write in active voice and recognize and replace awkward construction.

Prioritized Benchmark 3.a: Discern and intentionally use informal and formal registers of English, literary and rhetorical language, and standard conventions to address audience, purpose, context, style, and clarity. This benchmark requires the writer to: control grammatical choices to achieve clarity, style, elaboration, and voice as well as use appropriate punctuation to structure sentences and format texts. It also wishes the write to select language appropriate for the purpose, subject, and audience.

Prioritized Benchmark 4.f: Critique the style, organization, and content of written and oral presentations. This benchmark requires the writer to be able to: offer knowledgeable and diplomatic critiques to peers and use that knowledge of critiquing others work to appraise and refine own work.

Prioritized Benchmark 5.a: Incorporate appropriate formats and citation forms specified in various style manuals. This benchmark requires the writer to be able to: Accurately cite sources into a text or at the end of a text as to not disturb the natural "flow" of the paper.

Prioritized Benchmark 5.b: Eliminate all forms of plagiarism. This benchmark requires the writer to be able to: accurately paraphrase information and cite it correctly as the end of the paper as well as eliminating other ideas or work from a paper.