HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
DAY 80
Thursday, January 21

Total homework time:
approximately 30 minutes

1) Work on preparation for
ASSESSMENT PROJECT --
research,essay, or presentation
(9 minutes)

2) Make a comment on
this week's
"Thoughts for Young Scholars"
by Sunday night.(1 minute)

3)Essay writing (20 minutes)

The single 11-sentence body paragraph
of Essay # 12
is due tonight on your blog.
The polished essay for grading
will be due next Tuesday on your blog
along with a self-assessment.


ESSAY ASSIGNMENT #12
NOTE: A self-assessment must be posted on your blog with your final copy next Tuesday night. For information on this, click "Self-assessment" on the sidebar of this page.
THE ASSIGNMENT:
Pick one sentence from Ch.22 or 23, and write a three-paragraph essay in which you discuss how the sentence relates to the novel
and to you.

Use the 11-sentence and 4-sentence formats,
AND LABEL THE SENTENCES
IN THE BODY PARAGRAPH.


FIRST,

YOU MIGHT TAKE A CLOSE LOOK
at a MODEL PARAGRAPH and/or ESSAY
TO THE RIGHT.
REFRESH YOUR MIND
AS TO HOW GOOD WRITING IS DONE.


As always, please be very specific,

and be sure to include some brief quotes to support your argument.


IMPORTANT:
In the body paragraph,
use
and clearly identify
one example of a participle
as a subject-verb (S-V) split.

BE SURE IT ENHANCES
the writing.