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Personal Essay
Rubric/Checklist:Students and Teachers to Use at the End of the Unit of Study
Touchstone texts for this unit of study:
Create them on your own. The “personal essay genre,” otherwise known as
a five-paragraph essay structure, isn’t that hot for published writers!
(Click here to view The Extended Day Girls' Book which contains some personal essays.) Therefore, you’ll have to write your own essay(s) to use with your
students during this unit of study.
Charts to create for this unit:
(1) Phrases we can use to push our thinking
(2) Transition Words
(3) Strategies for generating non-narrative entries in your writer’s notebook
(4) Asking questions of our thesis statements
(5) Essay writing guidelines
(6) Structure of a five-paragraph essay (This will be a LONG chart so
find a grand place in your classroom where you can post this while
students are drafting and revising.)
(7) Guidelines for writing small moment stories to support your point in an essay
Labels for Tri-Fold Collecting Folders:
Click here to view or download these labels, which can be printed on Avery 5160 and 8160 Labels.
Advice:
Obtain
permission(s) from your students and their parents. to photocopy their
essays so you can use them as touchstone texts with your future classes. Blog Posts:Click here to view our personal essay blog posts.
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