"My Memorable Day" - Final Draft

Please submit the final draft of your autobiographical essay, "My Memorable Day" as a comment here by Thursday, October 15. Please also bring a printed copy of your final draft to class on Thursday. Have a nice day off on Wednesday!

Reading Log - Entry 4

Today in class, we read independently and wrote reading log entries again. Please submit today's reading log entry as a comment here.

Reading Log - Entry 3

Please post your reading log entry from today as a comment here.

Reading Journal - Entry 2

Whoops! I almost forgot! (Thanks for reminding me, James.)

Please write reflectively for ten minutes about today's reading and submit your writing as a comment here.

Reading Log - Entry 1

Please submit your "Reflective Writing" on last week's independent silent reading as a comment to this entry. Be sure to include your book's title and author. Remember that while reflective writing may include summary, it should be more than just summary. Try to include something more than just description (your personal reaction, predictions, what it reminds you of, etc.).

"My Memorable Day" - First Draft

(We have fallen a little bit behind schedule, but don’t worry. We will finish oral presentations tomorrow.)
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In today's class, please write the first draft of a short non-fiction prose essay titled “My Memorable Day” about a day that you will never forget. This first draft should take the following form and be as close as possible to complete by the end of class. It is not for homework!
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I. Introduction: What was your memorable day. Why have you chosen to write about it. Why might the story of this day be interesting to your readers (your classmates, for instance)?
II. Setting: Where and when did this story take place? Be descriptive. Were there any special features to this place? Buildings? Other things that were important to what happened? What time of day was it? What time of year? What was the weather like?
III. Characters: Who was there? Again, be descriptive. What are some words you would use to describe them to someone who never met them? How old were they? What do they look like? What is your relationship to them? Why were they there?
IV. Action. What happened? (You may want to use more than one paragraph for this.)
First?
Next?
Next?
Next?
Next?
etc.
V. Conclusion: Why was this day so memorable? Was it an important day in your life? Did you learn anything important on this day? Did this day change you in some way?

Introduction to a Classmate - Final Draft

Here is the place to leave the final draft of your introduction to a classmate. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to post this. I also have not yet given specific written feedback on earlier drafts to everyone, but will do this by this evening. I am confident, though, that you all understand the assignment well and will all be able to produce a strong final draft. Remember to meet the word minimum (250 words) and to have at least four paragraphs including strong "opening" and "closing" paragraphs.

Please try to have this EITHER printed OR submitted to the blog by Monday and BOTH printed and submitted by Tuesday. (If you have big, big computer problems, please just write it out by hand for now.)

I also noticed on Friday that the door to our room was being repaired and that a few incomplete posters were left behind. If you couldn't retrieve your poster from the room, please don't worry. We'll make what accommodations we have to and have fun with our oral presentations.

Have a good weekend!