Tues, Sept. 7 Introductions Assignment for This I Believe
Wed., Sept. 8 Rules & Regs Discuss This I Believe. What makes good writing?
Thurs., Sept. 9 No class
Fri., Sept. 10 In-class essay on summer reading. This essay will be used to place you in a temporary writing “level.”
Mon., Sept. 13 Quiz on Rules & Regs Due: Typed. College essay question and idea for answer (subject) You should get the question from commonapp.org or your top-choice college (if not on commonapp). Hand out model college essays General discussion, Q & A about college essays
Tues., Sept. 14 No class
Wed., Sept. 15 Discuss model essays Discuss This I Believe Authenticity & risk-taking in the personal essay
Thurs., Sept. 16 Draft of college essay due for workshop – bring 2 copies! Punctuation – commas and semicolons
Fri., Sept. 17 Draft of college essay due to me. Please remember to type the question you are answering at the top of the page! Self-assessments (in-class) and general discussion Commas & Semicolons
Mon., Sept. 20 Colons and dashes Diction/audience
Tues., Sept. 21 No class
Wed., Sept. 22 Setting up Quotations Practice punctuation and diction
Tues, Sept. 7 Introductions
ReplyDeleteAssignment for This I Believe
Wed., Sept. 8 Rules & Regs
Discuss This I Believe. What makes good writing?
Thurs., Sept. 9 No class
Fri., Sept. 10 In-class essay on summer reading. This essay will be used to place you in a temporary writing “level.”
Mon., Sept. 13 Quiz on Rules & Regs
Due: Typed. College essay question and idea for answer (subject) You should get the question from commonapp.org or your top-choice college (if not on commonapp).
Hand out model college essays
General discussion, Q & A about college essays
Tues., Sept. 14 No class
Wed., Sept. 15 Discuss model essays
Discuss This I Believe
Authenticity & risk-taking in the personal essay
Thurs., Sept. 16 Draft of college essay due for workshop – bring 2 copies!
Punctuation – commas and semicolons
Fri., Sept. 17 Draft of college essay due to me. Please remember to type the question you are answering at the top of the page!
Self-assessments (in-class) and general discussion
Commas & Semicolons
Mon., Sept. 20 Colons and dashes
Diction/audience
Tues., Sept. 21 No class
Wed., Sept. 22 Setting up Quotations
Practice punctuation and diction
Thurs., Sept. 23 Quiz on punctuation & diction
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