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This supervised writing assignment serves as a foundation for developing critical writing skills. Within a 50-minute open book format, students will explore various prompts designed to stimulate independent thinking and encourage the creation of coherent essays. Participants will select one of their supervised writings to expand into a full essay by December, ensuring a strong connection between the initial ideas and the final piece. The ultimate goal is to produce well-structured essays on thoughtfully chosen topics, honing the ability to express ideas clearly and persuasively.
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Purpose Intended as a springboard to elicit your ideas From these ideas, you develop a topic and then the Written Assignment Ultimate Goal: That you produce good essays with appropriate topics
Logistics 50 minutes allowed Open book (annotations allowed, but no secondary materials) Must be in continuous prose (not a web, an outline, bullets, etc.) No specified length Is handed in to teacher An unedited copy is kept on file
Prompts • 4 prompts • Goals are to: • encourage independent critical writing • stimulate thinking about an assignment topic
In December…. You will choose one of your 3 pieces of supervised writing You will develop it into an essay (the Written Assignment) There must be an apparent connection between the supervised writing and the final essay, but you are encouraged to provide your own title and to develop the chosen prompt in an independent direction.
Example Prompt Which minor character plays the most significant role? Work A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Essay title Mrs. Linde as role model in A Doll’s House
Example Prompt Do you think there are some characters in the work whose chief role is to convey cultural values? (purposely broad!) Work Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcíaMárquez Essay title The Vicario brothers as champions of honor
Example Prompt Identify a symbol, motif or strand of imagery (or more than one if you prefer). What role does it play in the work? Work DrZhivagoby Boris Pasternak Essay title The contrasting roles of ice and snow in Dr. Zhivago