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Choose to write an expository essay on one of these prompts:

This should be an expository essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion following the style we learned in class, and it should be typed. Your peer editing sheet may be typed or handwritten.

Prompts:

It has been said “not everything that is learned is contained in books.” Do you think learning from books (such as learning in school) or learning from experience (as in learning in the “real world”) is more important? Why?

Do you think it is better to work at a job that makes you happy, even if it does not pay much, or do you think it is better to work a job that you may not enjoy but makes you rich? What are the reasons you think this way?

Some people think young people should contribute something to society before they have the right to join it. They feel that young people should be legally required to do some form of military service if they are able to. Do you agree? Give reasons in support of your opinion.

Click here to download the peer editing worksheet: peer-editing-checklist

Once you finish your essay, meet with your partner or email them a copy. You and your partner will each fill out the Peer Editing Checklist for each other’s paper. Once you finish your checklists, exchange them and review them. After reading your partner’s checklist, review your paper and make any changes you see fit, keeping their guidance in mind. (You are not required to make all the changes they suggest.)

A printed, hard copy of your paper is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, October 18th, with your partner’s peer editing checklist attached.

To be clear, you will turn in your own paper with the peer editing checklist your partner filled out for you attached.

If your partner does not complete a peer editing checklist for you, you will not be penalized. Hold on to a copy of the checklist you send your partner just in case.

NOTE: Bring your text book and grammar book to class on Tuesday, October 18th.

You need your textbook in class on Tuesday. We will read and discuss Unit 1.

Before noon on Sunday, September 11th, leave a comment answering these questions:

What does empathy mean to you? What do you think we could do to become more empathetic? Do you think we have a responsibility to be kind to those around us? Why or why not?

Be sure your answers well thought out and are in full sentences. Be sure to answer all of the above questions.

Before class time on Tuesday, return to this post and reply* to at least one of your classmate’s comments. You may feel free to post as many times and as much as you like beyond the minimum requirement. Have fun with it!

*Note: Replies must be well thought out and complete sentences. Saying “I agree” is not enough. With what do you agree (or respectfully disagree)? Why? Do you have suggestions, additions? Be thorough.

Reminder: be sure to bring your grammar book on the 16th.