Friday, September 30

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Writers Groups met to discuss drafts. (Will conclude on Monday.)

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, September 29: Share rough drafts with small group members via Google Docs by the end of the block today.

FRIDAY, October 7: Rough drafts due to Ms. Bishop for a grade.

Thursday, September 29

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Students continued brainstorming and drafting their Common App essays.
All students responsible to have shared their work with their writers' groups by the time class begins tomorrow!

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, September 29: Share rough drafts with small group members via Google Docs by the end of the block today.

FRIDAY, October 7: Rough drafts due to Ms. Bishop for a grade.

Wednesday, September 28

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Short class due to Club Day schedule.

Small groups exchanged email addresses.
Reviewed the convention for titles before sharing with me next week: Save as Lastname CommonApp (or something similar).
Reminder: Use MLA formatting (double space, your name in the upper right corner of the page, and a plain 12 point font) and post word counts before sharing the completed rough draft with me next Friday.

Students continued brainstorming and drafting their Common App essays.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, September 29: Share rough drafts with small group members via Google Docs by the end of the block today.

FRIDAY, October 7: Rough drafts due to Ms. Bishop for a grade.

Tuesday, September 27

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Students continued brainstorming and drafting their Common App essays.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, September 29: Share rough drafts with small group members via Google Docs by the end of the block today.

FRIDAY, October 7: Rough drafts due to Ms. Bishop for a grade.

Monday, September 26

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Students continued brainstorming and drafting their Common App essays.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, September 29: Share rough drafts with small group members via Google Docs by the end of the block today.

FRIDAY, October 7: Rough drafts due to Ms. Bishop for a grade.

Friday, September 23

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Briefly examined another sample essay for effective use of sensory detail.
Reviewed a 1-2-3 "formula" for writing a personal memoir.
Students continued brainstorming and drafting their Common App essays.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, September 29: Share rough drafts with small group members via Google Docs by the end of the block today.

Thursday, September 22

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Shared lists of elements of a successful college application essay.
Groups read Johns Hopkins' Admissions Offices responses to the sample essays.
Read and discussed the Common App prompts.
Discussed a 1-2-3 "formula" for writing a personal memoir.
Students began brainstorming and drafting their Common App essays.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, September 29: Share rough drafts with small group members via Google Docs by the end of the block today.