Thurs. Mar. 17, 2016: Major Assignment Step three: Essay

Today, we discussed the expectations of a paragraph (reviewed the ones the students submitted having to do with personality).

Each paragraph has to have the following:
Introduction of topic
thesis/main point
evidence/examples (three pieces)
connections between evidence and main point explained

I then gave the students the essay assignment I have pasted below:

You will now write a five paragraph essay in which you answer the following question:

                               How does a person’s personality impact outcomes?

 In order to do this, you have already come up with some personality traits that can be used in your THREE body paragraphs. You now must look at each character and determine how that person’s personality has led to the outcomes (the life) that person is living now.

 You must use the short story “Harrison Bergeron.” You must use three characters.

 

As they already completed the creation of the three personality paragraphs yesterday (and I have returned them), they should be able to complete the two paragraphs (introduction and conclusion) and type it in by the end of the day tomorrow.