Thurs- College Essays Day 2

DUE DATES- ON TIME​

1. Seminar Reflection. DUE: Friday, 9/2, Start of Class

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

1. ​Habits of Highly Cynical People Annotations/Vocab. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Friday, 9/2, Start of Class.
2. Syllabus signed by you and parent/guardian. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Tuesday, 9/6, Start of Class.

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Starter 4- More Model Essays (10 min)

1. Read at least one of these examples. Then answer the questions below.
2. Describe this person in one sentence
3. What did you learn about the individual?
4. What did you like? Dislike?
5. What did you notice about how this essay was written? What techniques did they use?

Brainstorm 4: Essence Objects (10 min)
Spend at least five minutes naming 10 "essence objects." These are tangible things that represent memories, moments, relationships, or values that are important to you. Briefly say why each one is meaningful (Ex: "The beads on my desk were hand-painted by my friends for my daughter and they represent the love from my community.")

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, 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 30 seconds 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. Partner: Ask “So what?” again
7. Answer them (30 sec)
8. Take 1 minute to write down insights you want to capture from this process
9. Repeat with your partner’s topic.

Repeat with Partner and Topics 2 and 3

Choose Your Own Adventure: 

1. Brainstorm some more (see resources linked on my DP- RESOURCES PAGE)
2. Outline (see the outline resources linked on my DP- RESOURCES PAGE)
3. Start writing a draft ​