Weekly Agenda 9/28 - 10/2

Monday 9/28 (Old Hall)
-Read and mark up sample essays w/ analysis
HW - First draft of anecdotal college essay due tomorrow

Tuesday 9/29
-discuss sample essays
-Workshopping
HW - Read and mark up Bauld, "Tinkering"

Wednesday 9/30
-talk about Tinkering
-Workshopping
-return drafts
HW - Write second draft of anecdotal essay (due Friday)

Thursday 10/1
-write anecdote in different voices
-metaphor game
HW -Second draft of anecdotal essay due tomorrow

Friday 10/2
-Uncommon Application
-write about mustard
HW - Write essay in response to one of the uncommon application questions
- Vocab worksheet
-Post your prompt to Essay Option 5 (above)

Weekly Agenda 9/21 - 9/25

Monday 9/21
-Free Association
-Workshopping
HW - Free association at home for 10 min's with favorite object
- Read and mark up sample essays

Tuesday 9/22
-Workshopping
HW - Read and mark up Bauld, chapter 6
- Read and mark up Zinsser and King handouts

Wednesday 9/23
-Active/ Passive voice
-Choosing good verbs
- Metaphor
HW - Write second draft of your essay
- Read and mark up Bauld, chapter 7

Friday 9/25
-lead/ ending
-voice
-anecdote
HW - Write first draft of anecdotal college essay

Weekly Agenda 9/14 - 9/18

Monday 9/14
-Multiple interpretations
-Journal/ Discuss Life of Pi
HW - Prepare for Summer Reading Essay - Rubric

Wednesday 9/16
Summer Reading Essay
HW - None

Thursday 9/17
-A little more about Pi
-Intro to College Essay
HW - Read Bauld handout and mark it up
-Print out or find Common Application online

Friday 9/18
-Discuss Bauld
-Identity Charts
-Free Association
HW - Come up with 3 options for what to write your college essay on
-write one of them (should fall under one of the Common Application topics)

Weekly Agenda 9/10-9/11

Thursday 9/10
-syllabus
-expectations
-name assignment
HW - bring in materials (binder or notebook and folder and journal)
- get syllabus signed
- complete name assignment


Friday 9/11
-index cards
-journal entry
-discussion around Life of Pi
HW - begin Krik Krak/ Welcome to the Monkey House assignment