Grading

1.  Journal:  Tell your “personal story” to someone else….

2.  Group Grading.  Read essay here.  Rubric

3.  My Grade…

4.  Homework…Come to class with your typed personal essay draft...

1.  Journal:  What's a personal essay, and why is it important in college?

2.  Notes and more Notes.

TAP

Topic:  

What we're writing about.  Better be important or 
interesting to others....

Audience:  Who we're writing for.
Purpose:   Why we're writing it.
 

Writing Process:  Steps....
1.  Invent:  Creating ideas from ?
2.  Pre-write:  Writing down my ideas....
3.  Organize:  Finding the best way to present my ideas.
4.  Draft:  Practice essay.
5.  Revise:  Fix the ideas and the organization or other problems. 
6.  Edit:  Fix grammar and punctuation errors.
7.  Publish:  It's perfect.



6 Traits:

Voice:  The unique way that you sound.  Here, it's professional.
Ideas:   What you're writing about/topic... Important and interesting.
Conventions:  Grammar.  Syntax.  Logic.
Organization:  The best plan for the ideas.
Sentence Fluency:  The flow of your sentences.
Word Choice:  Choosing the best word.



3.  Sample Plan


4..  Homework... Answer essay questions and return, come with a plan..

Thinking Skills

Thinking Skills Notes:

1.  Analyze:  To determine the nature and parts.

2.  Compare:  To point out similarities

3.  Contrast: To point out differences.

4.  Connect:  To relate to something else.

5.  Clarify:  To make clear.

6.  Distinguish: To tell the difference between 2 things.

7.  Define:  To determine essential qualities.

8.  Elaborate:  To provide more detail and length.

9.  Evaluate:  To determine the worth.

10.                   Explain:  To make understandable.

11.                   Infer:  To determine based on evidence.

12.                   Identify:  To name

13.                   Interpret:  To put into other words.

14.                   Predict: to point out a future occurrence

15.                   Summarize:  To tell in a short version.

16.                   Synthesize:  To combine/bring together.

1.  Journal: 

Watch the video, here.  It's Abbot and Costello-  "Who's on First?"   What does this video imply about English?  Why do you think so?


2.  Thinking Skills-- notes....


3. Personal Essay/Narrative: "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan-- Groups and Questions....


4.  Homework-  Find a "Personal Essay" that you like, and bring it to class along 5 with thinking skills questions.