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Error Logs Instructions

You will do three error logs, which will be graded and count together as 12.5% of your semester grade.

Look at the grammar codes on the grammar version of the summary that you just got back. Download and fill out one error log worksheet on each of the numbers found on your paper. Your error logs must be typed.

**Save your error log in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx format) or RTF format (an option in all word processing programs--do "Save As" and select "RTF" from the drop-down list of file formats).

**For each numbered error, look up the code in Rules for Writers. Write the number and the name of the error in the blank at the top of one error log page.

**Read the Rules for Writers section on the error and then explain what the error is in general and how to fix it in your own words at the top of the error log page. 

**Next, find all of the places in your essay where you see that grammar code. For each of those places, fill out one row in your error log. For each one, first copy the entire sentence with the error exactly as it was. Then, in the second column, write a corrected version that fixes the error without changing the meaning. In the third column, explain in your own words how you corrected the error and why the new version is better. Include any remaining questions you have about the error. If you disagree with the error code, explain why.

**Do this for each number you find on your paper. Important: put all of the errors together into the same document. Once I finish reading your 18 errors all together, I should be able to scan down the page to the next error section, perhaps 21, and so on. You can copy and paste the error log table as many times as you need to.

**Make sure your error log is saved in Word or RTF format (.doc or .docx or .rtf).  Then send an email to amills@ccsf.edu with the error log as an attachment.

**Essential: Bring your grammar version with codes to class and turn it in again. I can't grade your error log without the original grammar version.

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