Friday, February 11, 2011

7th Grade LA- Friday, February 11

Google Docs

1. Type your introduction into your document.

2. Re-save/re-name your document as firstname.lastname.wordstoliveby in your Google Docs account.

3. Make sure you've shared it with collopy.collopy@gmail.com.

4. Giving each other feedback.
- Have you shared it with at least five people in this class?
- Read the entire essay so far.
- Insert a comment about sentence fluency and word choice.
- Insert a comment about how the person can give more specific REDS.

5. Try writing a conclusion. Conclusions can be difficult because you feel like you are repeating yourself. Think of the following tips as you write.
- Summarize your most important parts of your life/essay.
- Look to the future!
- Write about what you hope/dream/visualize in your future. What will be important to you in ten/fifteen/twenty years? Why do you hope those things will be important?
- Use a quote to wrap things up.

Topic of this personal narrative essay:
- Write a personal narrative essay about the most important elements in your life. Describe and explain these significant parts of your life. In addition, connect these parts of your life to famous quotes.

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