Today: We wrote body three and the conclusion. I handed out a checklist for our body paragraphs and reminded the students present that a body para. is just like all the literary paragraphs we have written this year, except, be SURE to repeat your thesis or refer to your overall thesis in each body paragraph.
MAKE IT CLEAR THAT EACH BODY PARAGRAPH PROVES THE THESIS.
Tomorrow: You get a mark for arriving with a printed copy of your essay. If you need to print it, do so at lunch.
You also get marked on your peer editing so bring all the handouts.
You'll need the bodyparagraph checklist I gave you today and the package on how to write the essay. At the back of that package is an overall essay checklist. You must check off each point in order to do well on this essay.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD ALL WEEK TO WRITE THE ESSAY, THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS. IF YOU ARE NOT HERE ON MONDAY, YOU MUST EMAIL ME THE ESSAY BY 3:30.
DueMonday: Good copy plus cover page, peer-edited copy, quotation log.
After the peer editing during Friday's class, you will have time to work on your essay.
At this stage, you will be revising awkward sentences, improving quote integration, ensuring each body topic sentence covers the topics in the paragraph, etc.
This is an essay at the grade 12 level. It needs to be the best thing you've written in four years.
HOW TO WRITE THE COVER PAGE IS EXPLAINED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BODY PARAGRAPH EDITING SHEET (THE YELLOW ONE)
ASK ANITA IF YOU ARE CONFUSED.
