Congratulations! In this section, you have learned about:

Applying the writing process: revision, editing, and reflecting
Elements of tone, theme, and diction
Synthesizing peer-review feedback, evaluating revision options, and applying revisions to a short memoir
Editing skills: using the conventions of language, including spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure
Writing reflectively to analyze the writing process
Developing personal writing goals for the course
Now you should be ready to revise, edit, and polish your final draft for a grade.

Your teacher will score it using a rubric that includes:

Revising your memoir based on skills you learned in the unit and on the feedback you got from Peer Review
Editing your memoir for conventions: grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.
Self-reflection on choices you made during revision
Presentation of your polished, final draft to your teacher
Before submitting your memoir, do a final check using this checklist:

Are you showing rather than telling?
Is your setting clear?
Did you maintain a consistent point of view?
Did you format your dialogue effectively and correctly?
Did you use “showing” words to communicate your tone clearly?
Did you communicate your theme clearly?
Did you spell-check and proofread aloud—or perhaps have someone read your memoir aloud to you?
Is your presentation correct?