Monday, May 24, 2010

Essay Writing

We're just finishing up a unit on academic essay writing. I would like you to reflect on yourself as an essay writer. To reflect means to look back at your progress.

Your Assignment: You will write one response this week. In the response, you will compare and contrast yourself as an essay writer in September and as an essay writer today. Responses will be detailed, providing strong descriptions within both the comparison and the contrast.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Memoir

We begin a unit on memoir-writing this week. For your response, please write a paragraph (not a sentence, not a few lines: a paragraph) that defines and describes this genre. You may use the mentor texts that I gave you in class as a guide, as well as any other resources you like.

For your comment, find someone who included in their definition and description something that you did not. Identify the "something" and describe why it is important to consider that feature when thinking about writing in the memoir genre.