On Wednesday, please hand in your final draft of Essay 1. As we discussed in class, the following is due:
--Cover letter (assigment handed out in class, but described below in case you missed class)
--Final draft
--Peer review/rough draft
--Peer review sheet
--You will also get extra credit if you go to the writing center, so be sure to put a note in your folder if you do, or write it on your final draft.
As I mentioned, I would like these assignments to be in a folder. I have plenty of folders, so if you don't have your own, I will give you one for the semester; I will bring them to our next meeting.
Finally, we will be reading A Place to Stand as our next text. This is the nonfiction book by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Please bring it to class if you can. If you are not able to get a copy by Wednesday, I will do my best to copy what you need to read for the weekend.
See you in class!
Cover letter assignment, in case you were not in class:
Essay Cover Letter
Before handing in your paper, take some time to reflect on your essay-writing process. Choose one of the following statements and finish it. Then explain your statement in a 1-2 paragraph letter to me. In the heading, you may write the date, the class level, and, simply, “Dear Ms. Vogel”. Please print AND sign your name at the end of the letter.
When you are done, put this memo at the top of your essay packet.
- My biggest goal for this essay was...and the way I did (or did not) achieve it was....
- My best claim to originality in this paper is....
- The hardest part about writing this essay was...
- I am very proud of this essay because...
- While writing this essay I wish I had...
- My favorite part of this essay is...
- The part of this essay I really struggled with was...
- If I had more time I would...
- When writing this essay, the most helpful thing I did was....
- Please pay special attention to...because...
- After peer review I focused on....
- I became bored of this essay as I worked on it and the way I fought that boredom was....
- A big risk I took in this essay was...and the reason it was a big risk was...
- What I learned most in writing this paper was...
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