Writing Workshop

Today was a writing workshop. Our theme is Integrity. Our mini-lesson today was on pre-writing. We did word clouds on qualities of Integrity. Words and concepts such as: Honesty, Promise-Keeping, Fidelity, Fairness, Caring for Others, Responsible Citizenship, Pursuit of Excellence, Accountability, Doing what is right even when no one is watching you, Principled, Honorable, Upright Behavior, Courageous, Convictions all came up.  We also brainstormed on people or experiences in our lives that we believe are examples of showing strong Integrity.

Today we worked on the Writing stage of the writing process. The drafts have to be completed and submitted through Turnitin by the end of class next Wednesday 25 January 2017. Drafts must be written in MLA format so Mrs. Scales reviewed the requirement of using Times New Roman 12 point font for the entire paper. She also reminded students to put the header on the top right corner of each page, the heading has four lines:

Joe Smith

Mrs. Scales

English 9 Period 3

18 January 2017

Integrity Essay

• Theme: Why is it important to show integrity in working to achieve a difficult goal?
• How does your integrity lead you to set goals and then work to achieve them?
• Identify examples of how you have worked to achieve a difficult goal?
• Cite research, details, or other sources to make your essay more interesting.
• Be sure to include a beginning, middle, and an end to your essay.
• 750 – 1000 words

Homework: Read and Annotate pages 46 – 54 of “The Nose”