Focus on your writing from first semester. What did you do well? What do you need to work on?
You will identify your strengths and weaknesses according to at least 2 different criteria from the following 5:
(You may use more than 2)
Introductions and Conclusions
Organization (transitions, topic sentences)
Use of textual evidence and support (integrating quotations, appropriate quotations)
Analysis (applying quotations, your own original arguments)
Clarity, Style, & Mechanics
Your evidence will include quotations/paraphrases from your actual essays and quotations from teacher or peer feedback.
You must include evidence and analysis from all 4 of your essays.
**Focus on making your essay a story: the story of your writing from first semester
ORGANIZATION METHODS:
Your paper will be organized around your strengths and weaknesses according to 5 different criteria.
You could organize around your strengths and weaknesses, starting with either and addressing some of the different criteria.
You could organize around the criteria, addressing your strengths and weakness in each criteria you use.
Thesis Statement
Requirements:
Criteria and preview of strengths and weaknesses.
It should also preview the organization of the essay.
Sample:
In my writing first semester, I struggled with introductions and conclusions while steadily growing in organization and my use of textual evidence.
Last semester, my writing grew but was not perfect in terms of clarity, style, and mechanics while it improved but remained lacking in my analysis.
MLA
Works Cited Entry:
Last name, first name. Title of Essay. Date Submitted. Google Docs File.
Hill, Tyler. This Essay Rules. 9 Jan. 2018. Google Docs File.
In-Text Citations:
For your essays: shortened version of the title
(This Essay Rules 2)
For teacher feedback:
(Hill).
For Peer feedback:
(Coughlin).
First person point of view can be used. The 4 sources for this essay will be the essays written first semester which I will send through email.
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