Day 76

Thursday, January 14

1) MAKE COMMENTS 
ON YOUR PARTNERS' ESSAYS 
BY MONDAY NIGHT 
--one specific positive comment 
and two specific suggestions.  

2) Essay writing (25 minutes)

The final 200 words

of Essay # 11

is due tonight on your blog. 

The polished essay for grading 

will be due next Tuesday on your blog.

REVIEW THE ASSIGNMENT BELOW:

Essay Assignment #:11

This is a FREESTYLE essay, meaning you don't have to follow any formulas (11-sentence, 4-sentence, chunks, TS, SD, CM, etc.)The essay must have UNITY, COHERENCE, CLARITY, AND CORRECTNESS (see rubric), but no formulas need be followed. It could be one long paragraph, or 15 little paragraphs, or whatever you want. Just remember unity, coherence, clarity, and correctness. I should be able to easily understand the overall main point and the main point of each word and sentence. 

Specific assignment:

Write a freestyle essay (at least 400 words) about the THEME you have been following in To Kill a Mockingbird, and how the theme applies to your own life.        

FIRST,

YOU MIGHT TAKE A CLOSE LOOK  

at the rubrics for a freestyle essay, 

on the sidebar to the right.

As usual, 

please be very specific ...

avoid vagueness at all costs.