We are nearing the end of the semester, which is also the end of this writing project. At the beginning of the class we did a quick review of the schedule for the next few weeks:
- 11/23 -- No class -- Thanksgiving Break
- 11/30 -- Week 13 (Jade presents)
- 12/7 -- Week 14 (Therese & Jean-Marc present)
- 12/14 -- Week 15 (Grace and Maggie present)
The final drafts of the essays are due by December 14, but they can hand them in before then. If they want to hand in a third rough draft, that should be done before December 7. It takes a significant amount of time for me to go over these longer papers, so I need to make sure that I have enough time to return them.
I usually include some practice with ACT and SAT essays at some point during the Writing 3 class. Today we talked through an ACT Essay prompt and brainstormed how to organize this kind of essay. These essays require that they evaluate three perspectives and develop their own opinion about the prompt.
I did some quick explanations about the Works Cited page and parenthetical citations. We've talked through these aspects of a research paper, but it's really not until they do their own writing that the instruction make sense.
After the work with the ACT Essay, I handed out rough drafts that had been handed in so that we could do some Peer Edits. The students carefully read the papers by their classmates and made good comments.
Assignments for November 30
-- Keep working on your papers!
-- Prepare your presentation
Links for This Week
Class Notes
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Mrs. Prichard
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