September 6 ... Begin College App Essay Final Drafts

OBJ ... TLW evaluate, edit, and revise the rough draft of the college application essay with a focus on crafting a memorable hook that engages the reader.


WARM UP ...

Look only at the FIRST SENTENCE of your rough draft.  Does the first sentence make you want to read the rest of your paper?  Is it a first sentence that could ONLY be used for your essay?

If the answer to both of these questions is YES ... good.  Carry on.

If the answer to either question is NO ... then you need to rework your first sentence until it meets both of those criteria.



TODAY ...

Begin FINAL DRAFTING your essay.  Consider the three target areas you chose during your self-evaluation (if you have not completed the self-eval from last Thursday, you MUST do that before you final draft.

We will work on Final Drafts today and tomorrow in class.  The completed final draft is due tomorrow.

The grading rubric can be found here ... COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY RUBRIC


OFFICE365 Login Info...

Be sure to type in Office 365 ... OFFICE365

Your login is the first 5 letters of your last name, first 3 letters of your first name, and probably 3 zeros @k12.sfisd.org

Your password is your 8 digit date of birth.


Remember your ...
Audience --- A COLLEGE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE/PERSON

Purpose --- TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN IDEA OF WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND WHAT SETS YOU APART FROM 1000s OF OTHER APPLICANTS




DUE DATES ... 
ROUGH DRAFT ... will be written and completed in class (hopefully)
FINAL DRAFT ... WEDNESDAY, September 7th.

AGENDA ...
TUESDAY ... BEGIN FINAL DRAFTS
WEDNESDAY ... FINAL DRAFTS DUE!