OBJ: Students will continue to dissect and analyze writing structures within mentor texts for the College Application Essay - and will then evaluate the strengths of the 4 mentor texts in relation to each other. Students will also develop personal connections to the essay questions required by ApplyTexas.org and will select a topic for their (MAJOR GRADE) process essay.
WARM UP - Get your packet from yesterday with the college essays (mentor texts) back out, get your highlighters from the box if you need them, and get back with your shoulder partners from yesterday.
- Highlighting Activity - using the packet of mentor texts, complete the highlighting activity we began yesterday. Hold on to it when you finish - I will take it up AFTER we have completed our rough drafts next week.
- Topic Selection - finish the guiding questions for BOTH essay options and ... using a highlighter of your choice ... highlight your choice of essay topic AND, if your response is part of or connects to any of the leading questions, highlight those and your responses to it as well.
- We will prewrite in class tomorrow and rough draft next week in class. Dates for each part of the process will be provided with the grading rubric no later than Tuesday.
