Choice Unit--Day 8: Choice Essay

Choice Essay - Due Friday, May 29
Requirements
-4-6 pages
-Double-spaced and typed
-Follow MLA Guidelines (heading, header, citations)
-You do NOT need to do outside research

Post-it Notes
-Arrange your Post-it Notes on printer paper
-The Post-its should come out of the book in chronological order
-You should make sure you have the page number (from whence it came) written down before you take the Post-it out of the bookReflection
-Read over your Post-its once they are in chronological order
-Look for patterns in your thinking
-Did you often look at symbols?
-Were you interested in characters?
-Did structure catch your fancy?Reflection Worksheet
-List the patterns of thought you most often see in your Post-it Notes
-Explore your favorite topic in a free write

Thesis Worksheet
-If you can go straight from the reflection to the thesis worksheet – great!
-If not, take a look at your list again and see if something else interests you…
-If all else fails
– think of your group’s discussion from yesterday (think tree maps) and try to come up with a topic you could live with

Group Work
-Go around in your group and share thesis statements
-Person 1 shares his/her thesis statement-Each group member says something positive and then offers a thought for considersation
-REMEMBER: A GOOD THESIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE SOMETHING TWO, REASONABLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE COULD ARGUE ABOUT
-Each person has to sign off on the thesis statement before I see it

Recommended Deadlines/ Required Deadlines
-Recommended Outline – Friday, May 22
-Recommended Rough Draft – Tuesday, May 26
-REQUIRED PEER REVIEW – Thursday, May 28-The peer review is worth 10 points-NO EXCEPTIONS
-Required Final Draft – Friday, May 29

Homework: Complete both sides of freewrite/thesis worksheet

If you were absent, print the post-it reflection and thesis sheets from Edline (both dated 5/19) and complete both completely.