JOURNAL TOPIC:
1. Explain how you will go about researching and writing your essay.
2. Explain how working in the computer lab and posting to your blog today will help.
AGENDA:
1. Essay topic: explanation & recording
2. Journal
3. Computer lab
HW:
1. Write two personal statements (2-4 pp. total, typewritten, double-spaced, 12-point font, margins no wider than 1"), on the following topic. Due Monday. (AND you will have an exam on Fahrenheit 451 on Monday; this should help you review.)
Given what you learned about writing the personal statement essay on Wednesday, and given what you've learned about self-determination from reading Fahrenheit 451, write two personal statement essays to apply for college: one for yourself, and one for Guy Montag. Consider Robert Barrera's advice about what colleges look for (leadership, overcoming obstacles, diversity, passion/commitment, goals). For your essay, you will need one story that shows how you demonstrate at least one of these features. For Montag's essay, you will need to address at least THREE of these features and you will need to support your ideas with at least two textual examples for each feature. Please be sure to organize your essay in such a way that your reader can tell your main idea and follow your argument/s throughout. Please also proofread for mechanics (grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation).
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