Please include an illustrated cover page with the TITLE, your name, date, and class number. Thank you!

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/

You can type in all of your information for the Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion. After you are finished, just click “Review My Map” and print from there.

REMINDER:

• The revised Essay Map is due tomorrow THURSDAY, MAY 21st
  
• First Draft of the Reflective Essay is due WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th

FINAL DRAFT GUIDELINES:

• Typed, double-spaced, 1-inch margins.
• Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs must be a minimum of 3 sentences.
• Thesis statement must be UNDERLINED!
• Body paragraphs must be a minimum of 6-8 sentences each.

If you need these documents, you can download them here:

KWL Chart

Modern Fairy Tale Story Elements Chart

Final drafts must…

• be typed
• be double-spaced
• use Times New Roman, font size 12
• have 1-inch margins
• include a TITLE PAGE (see sample below) with illustration, full name, story title, and publishing date

* NOTE:  You need to turn in your 2nd draft and Writer’s Checklist with your Final Draft! (Please do not staple them together.  Staple the pages of your Final Draft together – no plastic covers, please!)

SAMPLE TITLE PAGE – “You Are Here Like the Wind”

Ways to Start Your Story

GUIDELINES FOR SHORT STORY ROUGH DRAFT:
- 5 pages typed
- DOUBLE-SPACED!!!
- Times New Roman, size 12
- 1-inch margins
- Full Assignment Heading at the top (Class #, Name, JMJ, Date + English: Short Story Rough Draft)

ROUGH DRAFT OF SHORT STORY is due WEDNESDAY 10/8!

You will write a persuasive letter to “Present Self” from your “Older Self”, advising a change in behavior. Make sure you provide THREE reasons why you must change, and include THREE facts/examples for each reason. (Keeping in mind the theme from A Christmas Carol!)

Objectives

Students will:

• develop and support a position on a particular behavior that needs to be changed by writing a persuasive letter to themselves.
• use a guide to help them organize their persuasive ideas into written form.
• outline a persuasive piece that expresses points in a clear, logical sequence so the reader can follow their reasoning.
• publish their persuasive piece as a letter.

Please refer to the following links to complete your persuasive letter…

• Persuasion Map Planning Sheet (describes how to fill in the online Map)
  

• Persuasion Map ONLINE MAP (prewriting flow chart to help you organize your letter)
  

• Persuasive Letter RUBRIC (see how your letter will be scored)
  

• Letter Generator ONLINE TOOL (use to create your letter!)
  

Persuasive Map due WED May 21st
Rough Draft of Letter due TUES May 27th
Your “Letter to Self” FINAL DRAFT is due on FRIDAY, May 30th
(25 points – ENG; 15 points – SPELL)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/

You can type in all of your information for the Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion. After you are finished, just click “Review My Map” and print from there.

REMINDER:

• The Essay Map is due on FRIDAY, APRIL 25th
• Final Draft of the Reflective Essay is due WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th

FINAL DRAFT GUIDELINES:

• Typed, double-spaced, 1-inch margins.
• Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs must be a minimum of 3 sentences.
• Body paragraphs must be a minimum of 6-8 sentences each.