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College Essay Bootcamp: Day 2

9/2/2016

 
No Starter Today.

Support Group Check In
Spend 5-10 minutes in your support group, checking in.  Make sure everyone knows what they need to do for the days, and have each person in the group share where they want to be by the end of class today.

College Essay Work Time
Time to work on your college essay!  You could tackle any of the following:
  1. Choose a Prompt- Figure out what prompt speaks to you.  Need help with this?  Come talk to Lori!
  2. Brainstorm- Use your own method, or any of the methods linked on my Documents page to help you generate ideas.
  3. Write- Start writing, get words on the page.  Remember, at this point it's okay to go over the word limit.  We can always cut later.
  4. Get Feedback- Show your writing to Lori, your support group, another teacher, other classmates.  
  5. Revise- Make it better!  Cut, revise, focus, refine!  Check for show don't tell, cut extra words, replace boring sentences with more powerful ones, check out the revision strategies on the Documents page of my DP.

Please note that you should NOT be using your time for any of the following:
  1. College Applications- This time is for writing your essay, NOT filling out the applications.  That needs to be done outside of my class.
  2. Scholarship Applications- See above.
  3. Work for Other Classes- This is pretty self-explanatory, right?
  4. Time Wasting Techniques- Including, but not limited to....YouTube, social media, finger-boarding, cosmetics, movies, idle chatter.

Support Group Check-In
In the last 5 minutes of class, regroup with your support group.  Go around, see how well each person did at achieving the goal they set for themselves at the start of class today.

HOMEWORK:
Complete draft of college essay.  DUE:  Start of class, Wednesday, 9/7.  Need 3 printed copies for critique.

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