Objective: Student will use their mentor text ("Always Go to the Funeral") to help them write a draft of their personal essay on their own beliefs.
Instruction: Sequence of Events and Using Shifts in Time
Before we start drafting, go to your email and open up the two documents Doctopused out to you.
Getting your copy of the essay prompt and rubric to your Drive.
Tech Mini-Lesson: Moving Shared Items to Your Drive
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DRAFTING TIPS
- Look at your copy of "Always Go to the Funeral" in order to Use your storyboard in order to write the personal narrative part of your personal essay. Try to be as detailed as possible.
- While you write your story, make sure that you use time transition words. Highlight or underline them.
- Make sure that you express your belief and explain how you came to realize your belief.
- Think about how you are ordering your essay. Should you start with the story or the belief.
- Just write! We will improve it later. Just get your story and your belief out on paper.
EXPECTATIONS
- You are working the entire period quietly on your draft.
- You may listen to your own device, but you may not use the Chromebook to listen to music.
- You may handwrite your essay, but the draft must be typed by the end of the period tomorrow.
- If you happen to finish early, you can work on missing or late assignments.