Essay Workshop

Congratulations to the following students who received a 100 on the quiz and submitted a rough draft of their essay.

Darielle
Shane
Dulce
Keron
Ayana
Keron
Michael
Mateia
Trisha
Devona

The essays that were submitted covered a range of progress from an outline with facts to a well-reasoned essay with many supporting facts. All of the essays need to be developed by putting the facts and ideas into paragraph form or citing the sources where the writer got their information.

In order to help each other out, we will spend a little time today reading over some of the essays that were submitted and making comments on the essay for the students to read. For those of you have not submitted an essay the examples we will read over should give you a model for posing a thesis question and answering it with a thesis statement and supporting paragraphs backed up by facts and ideas.

Read over 2 of the essays at your table and make comments or edits on the paper. Try and identify the thesis statement and the main ideas that support the thesis statement for the writer. Also note any questions or ideas you have for the writer in the margins. Please correct any spelling or grammar mistakes you may encounter. When you are finished, please write a brief paragraph giving feedback to the author and email it to them. Their email addresses are on the top of the essay.

When you are finished reviewing the essays please work on your own essay or review the feedback you have received. If you have not emailed me your essay yet, you can still receive a passing quiz grade if you submit it to me by tomorrow morning.