Draft Essay 1

Essay 1 is our first big project. It's meant to be a warm-up exercise. Hopefully, you are enjoying the topic, and your interested in sharing your ideas through writing. That doesn't necessarily mean writing Essay 1 will be easy, so reach out when you feel stuck.

You should set a goal to have around 900 words written by Monday of next week.

Complete a Reflection in your Reading Journal

Our goal is to start developing good habits for writing. These “habits” include strategies for reading and thinking so when we set down to write, we realize we already have lots of materials we can use to write a draft, one paragraph at a time. Take a moment to reflect on how drafting Essay 1 is going. Your Reflection is due Saturday.

Your reflection reach 100 - 150 words or two minutes (if you choose to video record your thoughts); don't worry about style or even spelling mistakes. Just think out loud about your ideas, questions, and plans.

Go to your Journal

Review the Essay 1 Prompt

Watch curry's explanations of the assignment

Review the assignment instructions and prompt

Go to The Essay 1 Prompt

It's always a good idea review an assignment prompt! Double check the requirements and consider how well your thesis and paragraphs respond to the topic and questions of the prompt.

Helpful Resources

revisit Let's Get Writing! "How to Organize and Arrange?"
ask a question in Pronto
email curry
work with helpful, friendly folks at the Writing Center

Extra Credit

Your Journal

Resources for Papers