Thursday, March 15th

Homework:

Write at least 400 words of your essay (a first draft) and post it to our blog. Name the blog post "Blog 2: First Draft of Goals Essay."

Here is the full Essay 1 assignment

ENG Essay #1 – My Goal
First Draft Due: Monday, March 19
Final Draft Due: Weds, March 21
Final Due: Thursday, March 22
Target Length – 800 words
Minimum Length – 600 words

Write an essay with

An introduction of approximately 5-7 sentences that -
• Catches the readers attention
• Has a clear thesis that clearly states and explains your specific and measurable goal.
• Provides a sentence or two of context or background if needed
• Provides readers with an “essay map” or overview of the body paragraphs.

At least 3 body paragraphs that –
o Support the thesis
o Use topic sentences to make the main idea of each paragraph clear
o Use details (like data, quotes and logical analysis) to support the topic sentence.

Transitions
These are phrases or sentences that connects neighbor paragraphs and show the logical relationship between them.

Conclusion of at least 4 sentences that –
o Not only restates, but expands on the thesis
o Provides the “walk away”
o Suggests areas for future research/development (maybe a “next step” goal)