Monday, October 15, 2018

I Love College...Essay Prompts

Hello College Bound People!

This week we will spend some time working on college prompts.  There is a specific approach to this genre of writing and it involves being honest and willing to edit numerous times to get the desired result.  We will work with different strategies and mentor texts - but you will need to put in the time to make your response truly unique to you.  Let's do this.

1. SWT
2. College Prompts Handouts
3. Writing Time - Select ONE of the UC prompts. Select ONE of the Common Application Prompts. * Write One or Both as a POEM - Use any tools/mentor text we have tried to make your writing unique - figurative language, structure, rule of three, etc..
* Use class time to DRAFT a potential essay. 

HW
1. College Essay Prompts - Print prompts and bring them to class
https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/uc-essay-examples-personal-insight-questions
2. WRG - WEDS.  TWO(min) college prompts with copies/questions to workshop.

EC
1.  LE on TUES
2. Poetry Club on WED

Prompts:
1.  I think I am going to love/hate college....
2.  I have never visited a college campus before, so...
3.  If college is like the movies...
4.  I'm taking a break from school...
5.  This one time, I visited my (friend/brother/sister/etc) at _______ College, and....

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