Monday, September 25, 2017

This Week: Sept. 25-29
Editing the College Essay!
Monday: Peer revisions! (10 points)
Tuesday: Self  edit! (10 points)
Wednesday: Type revisions!
Thursday: Submit revised copy!
Friday: An introduction to Gothic literature! 

Friday, September 15, 2017

This Week! 
  September 18-20, 2017
We will be finishing the college essay! All papers are due by MONDAY, September 25th.

Monday, September 11, 2017

This week, Sept. 11th - 15th ... The College Essay!


For the next two weeks,  we will be looking at the topics for the College Essay, brainstorming, pre-writing, revising and editing. By Monday, September 25th you all should have a completed College Essay that is ready to submit!
Below is the link to the prompts for the 2017-2018 college essay, as well as some other helpful information on the College Application.

http://www.commonapp.org/whats-appening/application-updates/common-application-announces-2017-2018-essay-prompts

Here is the schedule for this week:
Monday - Wed: A review of our "brainstorming' sheets. We will take a look at some personal narratives from the book The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell.
Thurs - Fri: We hit the lab and begin drafting!!

If you need an additional copy of the syllabus, click HERE.