Monday
1. Journal: 10 minute open
write
2. Language of the Day #49: Vocabulary
3. Writer’s Workshop:
Proofreading of 1st Application Essay
a. Count off by fives
b. Pass essays around the class.
c. Based on your number, check for the following:
1. Spelling & Vocabulary
2. Commas
3. Run-ons and sentence fragments
4. Subject-verb & Pronoun agreement
5. Consistent tone
d. Feel free to write on it even if it’s a final copy –
the idea is that since there can be no mistakes, writing on it won’t hurt
anything.
e. When done, return paper to author who will then
decide whether to turn it in or take it home for more work.
4. Turn in 1st application essay FC today or tomorrow – graded
for acceptable completion only.
1. Journal: What has been
the most difficult thing you have ever done?
Why was it so difficult? How did
you overcome the difficulties?
2. Language of the Day #50: Vocabulary
3. Writer’s Workshop:
Application Essay 2
a.
Turn in application essay #1 FC for
completion grade. (drafts in your
portfolio)
b.
Handout: Application
Essay Practice
1. Review
basic concepts of the Application Essay Study.
2. Today,
PW, OL, and Draft response to Essay Two.
1. Journal: none
2. Language of the Day #51: Vocabulary
3. Writer Workshop: Application Essay 3/4
a. Pre-write, outline, draft choice of Essays 3 or 4
from their Application Essay handout.
b. If needed, finish draft of Essay 2.
1. Journal: What personality
trait or quality would you like most to come across in your application
writing? Explain. How do you accomplish that?
2. Language of the Day #52: Vocabulary
3. Turn in 1st Application Essay FC if you haven’t already.
4. Writer Workshop –
Controlling your tone & voice
a. Tone: your attitude, how you come
across to your reader; Voice: your
unique writing style
b. Ways to control tone and voice
1) Often overlooked: content!
2) Figurative language: metaphors, etc.
3) Diction: words can determine
perception of intelligence, ability to be precise and clear, and tone.
4) Sentence style: can be long and
winding or short and simple.
c. Through our exercise on p. 234-235, you had
the opportunity to practice both controlling tone/voice and perceiving it in
the writing of another. Now, let’s try
that with an actual piece of writing – a short one – application essay 2
(misconceptions). Click HERE for a handout version of
this assignment.
1) Have
a peer reader read your essay and summarize the tone in a word or phrase:
happy, friendly, serious, cynical, ambivalent, etc.
2) Look at how your essay was
perceived. Then answer the following questions at the end of your Essay 2 rough draft:
a) Was that the tone you
intended?
b) Do you even agree with the tone
your reader thought he/she heard?
c) What word would you use for your
own tone?
3) Now, rewrite Essay 2 immediately after your first rough draft and the
answers to the preceding questions, this time creating an entirely different
tone to your essay. For example,
if your original tone was friendly, rewrite it now as serious; if it was serious,
make it humorous; if it was bland, make it intense. You get the idea.
4) Having
completed this new draft, answer the following questions after the draft:
a) Which version do you like
better? Why?
b) What exactly did you do to
change the tone/voice of the second draft?
Be specific.
5) When
done, have both drafts and your answers checked/turned in.
Friday
INTERIM DAY: turn in interim to be completed
1. Journal: Make a quick
list of people here at Hilliard Davidson whom you wish you would have thanked
for something but never did. (2-3 minutes)
Why do you think you never thanked them?
Be honest, no one is judging you.
2. Language of the Day #53: Vocabulary
3. Writer Workshop: Thank
you letters
a. Handout: The
Senior Thank You Letter
b. Complete
drafting today and have checked.
c. Bring
stationary, envelope, stamp (as needed) Monday.