Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Essay Extravaganza!

Hello students! Look at your essay planner. Now back at me. Now back at your planner. Now back at me. Sadly, it's worth 15% of your final mark. It won't write itself. Here's an outline of what you need to do every day in class to get it finished by the due date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011!!!

Thurs. May 26 - find supporting quotations for your body paragraphs.
Fri. May 27 - finish finding supporting quotations for your body paragraphs. You should now have 15 of them.

Mon. May 30 - start your essay planner (fill-in-the-blanks!)
Tues. May 31 - finish your essay planner, start your rough copy.
Wed. June 1
- finish your rough copy.

Thurs. June 2 - Period 2 and 4: good copy typing in Library; Period 5: Introduction to Poetry
Fri. June 3 - All classes: Library typing period.

Mon. June 6 - Period 2 and 4: Introduction to Poetry. Period 5: Library typing period.
Tues. June 7 - All classes: Library typing period. (LAST ONE!)

Wed. June 8 - ALL ESSAYS DUE!

After this we will be working on our poetry unit and exam review. We're almost there - don't fall behind now!

Good luck!