College Essay Boot Camp - Day 2 - Outline

DUE DATES- ON TIME​​​​​​

1. Idea Fishing- Part 2. DUE: Wednesday 9/11, Start of 2nd period (9:25 am).  Google Classroom.
2. College Essay Rough Draft. DUE: Thursday 9/12, Start of Class. Google Classroom.

 
DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)​​

1. Annotations for "Habits of Highly Cynical People" and "Screw motivation, what you need is discipline" articles. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Tuesday 9/10, End of Class. 
2. In Class Writing. SEE LORI FOR HOW TO MAKE THIS UP: No later than Tuesday 9/10, End of Class. 

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Starter 5- Model Essays (10 min)
Read at least one of these examples. If you have time, read more than one.  Then answer the questions below on your starter document.

1. Describe this person in one sentence
2. What did you learn about the individual?
3. What did you like? Dislike?
4. What did you notice about how this essay was written? What techniques did they use?

Debrief as a class

Ira Glass on Storytelling (10 min)
Listen to this.  List 3-5 things that you learned about telling effective stories.
Turn to your partner- how can you incorporate this into your college essay?

So What? Exercise (20 min)
Based on your brainstorms yesterday and today, list your top 3 anecdotes/experiences for your college essays.  This is going to be a rapid fire verbal brainstorm with different partners to suss out the possible So What of your essay.  You will want something to take notes with.

Partner 1/Topic 1

1. Take 1 minute to explain your anecdote.  Just tell the story, describe the experience.  DON’T explain why it’s important to you.
2. Partner: Ask, “So what?”
3. Answer them (30 sec)
4. Partner: Ask, “So what?” again
5. Answer them (30 sec)
6. Take 1 minute to write down insights you want to capture from this process
7. Repeat with your partner’s topic.

Repeat with Partner and Topics 2 and 3

Choose Your Own Adventure: 

1. CHOOSE A PROMPT! YOU MUST CHOOSE A PROMPT! Then answer the question in the prompt!
2. Brainstorm some more (see resources linked on my DP)
3. Outline (see the outline resources linked on my DP)
4. Start writing a draft