Showing posts with label essay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label essay. Show all posts

Friday, June 3, 2011

Essay DUE MONDAY!

Finish your essay this weekend. Email it to me by Monday, June 6 at 8 p.m. [gmail: mshoffler].

Please, please, please: Save your Google Doc as your name.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Essay: Body Paragraphs

Write your THIRD body paragraph. [Second period ONLY: Write your second body paragraph]
Be sure to include:
Topic sentence
Main idea
Detail(s) that support your main idea
Explanation of the details
Concluding statement

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Introducing...

Write your first body paragraph.
It should include a topic sentence, main idea, detail(s), an explanation, and a concluding statement.

For second period ONLY:
Write your INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH. Use the model we went over in class to write your paragraph. 

Essay: Theme

Prompt: Select any of the stories we’ve recently read and a personal experience, and discuss how the conflict develops the theme



Themes:
We sometimes create more disaster when we try to change our fate.
Avoiding fate often leads to misery.
Confronting our fate is sometimes the bravest thing we can do.