1 - Getting Started ~5 mins
Today you bank M4 KA2. You already have a first draft from Lesson 106 and a revised draft from Lesson 107. This lesson turns the revised draft into a polished final, lays it out as a page, and packs the full draft trail so the Key Assignment is complete.
Open both earlier drafts now. Look in your Portfolio for m4_l106_first_draft_<your-initials> and m4_l107_revised_draft_<your-initials> (or the last names you saved them under). If one is missing, use the last saved version you have and note the gap on the pack cover later. By the end you will hold a finished page a reader could meet cold, filed with the drafts that got you there.
2 - The Brief ~7 mins
A polished piece is not a longer piece. It is the same meaning, cleaner. Line breaks, white space and the title are part of how a poem, song or rap reads. For KA2, the page is what you file: title, line breaks, white space, whether the piece is a poem, song or rap.
| Term | What it means for you | In this KA |
|---|---|---|
| Polished composition | Your final words after weak lines are cut, ready for a reader who never saw the drafts | Every line earns its place; a stranger could hear your voice cold |
| Presentation form | Title, line breaks, white space and the shape the page shows first | Title high, stanza break before the turn, room for the last beat to land |
| Draft trail | First, revised and final kept together as proof you drafted, edited and finished | L106 + L107 + polished text + L108 page in one pack |
Same four lines. Two layouts. Hear the difference:
Crowded: the kitchen light was still on / I left my bag by the door / nobody asked where I had been / I put the kettle on anyway
Polished page:
The kitchen light was still on.
I left my bag by the door.
Nobody asked where I had been.
I put the kettle on anyway.
The second version gives the turn room to land. That is presentation form doing real work.
3 - Make It: Polished Final ~28 mins
Open your L107 revised draft. Write the polished final in the draft table: cut weak lines, sharpen images, keep only what sounds like you. Short and sharp is fine if every line earns its place. At the top, mark whether this is still a poem, song or rap, the same choice you made in Lesson 106.
Do not pack KA2 yet. This step is polish only. The draft table is where the polished final is written. After the next step you will file the laid-out page with both earlier drafts and this polished text. KA2 is not complete until that full pack is saved.
Your polished final
4 - Hold It Up: Page Layout ~12 mins
Paste or carry your step-3 polished final into the composer as the page body. Lay it out as a page: title, line breaks, white space. An image is optional. If you use one, pick from the composer's own images, or credit title and creator under anything you bring in.
Last 2–3 minutes of this step: assemble the KA2 pack. It must hold four items:
- L106 first draft
- L107 revised draft
- polished final text from this lesson
- this laid-out page (export or saved composer file)
Pack folder filename: m4_l108_ka2_composition_<your-initials>. Page file inside it: m4_l108_ka2_page_<your-initials>. That full pack is what banks KA2. If the page is only started, still file it under the page filename and date the missing finish on the pack cover.
Lay out your composition page
5 - Think About It ~3 mins
Before you leave, open your Reflective Journal and start Entry 11 on this stem: The moment this stopped feeling like an exercise and started sounding like me. Optional second line: one cut that improved the voice.
Talk one line with the person beside you first if that helps, then get a first sentence or two down.
Entry 11 is 6–10 sentences in your own journal. Finish it before the next English and Communications class so it sits beside the KA2 pack.
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