Writer's Workshop Expectations

1. Please share your essay with a classmate in the opposite group. Do this on Google Docs!


2. Here are the groups:


Group A
Brianna
Jonathan
Barry
Zavion
Trey
Madison
Dezmir
Chahzae
Jasmina
Isabel
Breoshena


Group B
Autumn
Iyleah
Noor
Hamadi
Yusuf
Montrael
D'andre
Leilani
Patience


3. Highlight and comment on Google Docs.


4. Fill in the Peer Editing Sheet


5. Have a conversation with your partner about their work.


6. Revise your own essay. Finish early? Have another classmate edit your work.


7. TURN IT IN ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY THE END OF CLASS ON FRIDAY!


*I will then read/add comments and send it back to you to revise again.*

Article About Common Application Questions

Part One

1. We found this article to be useful in preparing to write your own college essay. 
2. Read it over and decide what prompt you would like to respond to. 
3. In the article you will notice there are links to sample essays and suggestions for each prompt.
4. Please read a sample essay or two that relates to your own topic.

http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/common-application-essay-prompts.htm


Part Two

1. After you have researched, please go over to Google Classroom. 
2. There is a planning packet that will help you get started on your essay. 
3. Please type or write in a notebook. 
4. The printer is not working, so we are unable to provide hard copies at this time. 

Common App Questions

Bell Work: Discussion about the second debate. We will specifically look at Donald Trump's approach to the debate (non-verbal cues).


http://qz.com/805148/second-debate-donald-trump-looming-behind-hillary-clinton/
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-second-debate-looming-over-clinton-video






Work Time
1. Presentation on writing a college essay.
2. Look at Common App Questions (posted on Google Classroom for you)
3. Ask Questions




Closure: Tomorrow we will look at the questions more closely and some examples of responses to those questions. If you know which question you would like to choose, you can begin brainstorming early.

Google Classroom

Please log onto Google Classroom and use this code to join our class: 8nqzz4


Scroll down and read the first article titled: "Student Tips for Google Classroom"


Then complete the college exploration assignment.



1. Go to https://classroom.google.com/h  and sign in using your student account 890XXXX@rcsd121.org