Enrichment Essays Extra 5 7 10

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1. PURPOSEPURPOSE: By writing aBy writing a variety of additional essays on topicsy of additional essays on topics of your choice,, you are expectedyou are expected

• To apply the feedback you received on your formal essaysTo apply the feedback you received on your formal essays.

• ToTo refine your skillsrefine your skills in your personal target areas.

• To reflect accuratelyTo reflect accurately and honestly on your writing skills.

•• To demonstrate thoroughness, initiative, and a genuine concern for self-To demonstrate thoroughness, initiative, and a genuine concern for self-

improvement.improvement.

2. REFLECTIONS:REFLECTIONS: For each enrichment essay,For each enrichment essay, use the template found at the

following address:

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IncludeInclude a brief reflection section at the outset and copy this reflection into

thethe digital portfolio’s reflection sections:

•• Why you chose the topic and type of essay you did.Why you chose the topic and type of essay you did.•• Which particular target areas and essay requirements on which you choseWhich particular target areas and essay requirements on which you chose

to focus and why.to focus and why.

• Direct qDirect quotations from previous essays andprevious essays and your enrichmentenrichment essay to

highlight your progresshighlight your progress (i.e. a “before and after”).

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Sample Reflection (Ensure yours in not derivative.):Sample Reflection (Ensure yours in not derivative.):

For my first essay, I wanted to write a narrative from my mother’s point of view. This narrative

was based on a previous narrative I had written about my stress in school and my mom’s involvementwith that stress. With the last narrative, I wrote from my point of view with my own emotions,

opinions, and outlook on the situation I was experiencing, while my mother played a major characterthrough the story. While writing my previous narrative, I thought about my emotions and how I was

feeling yet never though of my mother’s emotions as she saw her daughter experiencing one of herroughest times during high school. For my second essay, I wanted to go back and put myself in my

mom’s shoes and see how she felt from a mother’s point of view from a mother’s “side of the story.”I wanted to use this narrative as a way to try and understand my mom’s feelings while I was

experiencing this rough time. For this essay, I focused more on stylistic writing to improve myself as

more of a unique storyteller. Still trying to focus on the traditional rules of grammar, I tried to

create new ways of expressing what happened through a different perspective. Stylistically, I try toavoid clichés. For one of my previous essays, I had explained my emotions by using a cliché, saying my

“head was ready to explode with stress.” For this essay, I tried avoiding clichés by expressingdescriptions in different ways. For one of my descriptions as a child, I wrote that my mother knew I

was going to be a sharp and strong daughter before I “took her [my] first steps, spoke her [my]

first words, and devoured her [my] first clumps of Playdoh.” With this sentence, I tried toincorporate a new and original description rather than writing something unoriginal or worn out. Itried to incorporate more stylistic techniques throughout my narrative to more meaning to the story

as I told it from my mom’s point of view.

3. DUE DATES:DUE DATES: You will submit your enrichment essays and reflections by

uploading them to your digital portfolio before before the end of each quarter.

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Due DateDue Date Mon.

Oct. 30thth

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Jan 12thth

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March 26thth FridayFriday.

June 13June 13th

4. PORTFOLIOPORTFOLIO: By June 13th, you must have all of your work uploaded

including a brief summary anda brief summary and your reflections for each assignment. AfterAfter

this date, the portfolio will lock you out, so be sure your work is in well inthis date, the portfolio will lock you out, so be sure your work is in well in

advance.advance.

Possible Topics:

You must submit a minimum FIVE meticulously proofread essays, one of which must be in

response to the underlined prompt below. Note: You may NOT recycle or revise an

essay written for this or another class.



MUSIC: Pick a song with lyrics that are meaningful to you, and write a thematic essay which

showcases your close-reading skills.

POETRY: Pick a poem that is meaningful to you, and write a thematic essay which showcases your

close-reading skills.

FINE ART: Pick a painting or other work of art that is meaningful to you, and write a thematicessay which showcases your close-reading skills.

FILM: Compare and contrast the story of Oedipus Rex and the film Minority Report directed by

Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise. (You may choose another film if you like, pending

teacher approval.)

FILM: Conduct some light research on how to write a movie review. Write a publishable movie

review for a film that is currently showing. (Don’t forget to bring a notepad to the theater!)

PERSUASION: Propose a unique solution to a problem that bothers you and write a persuasive essay which supports your proposal. Incorporate varied evidence of your understanding of ethos.

logos, and pathos as powerful persuasive techniques. Your tone may be serious, sarcastic or

humorous, but it must be effective and well-supported.

OP-ED: Read the editorial and op-ed pages of the newspaper for a week to familiarize yourself

with the latest news topics. Applying all of the skills you have learned, write persuasive op-ed

piece of your own, and submit it to the newspaper for publication.

NARRATIVE: Pick a character from one of your previous narratives and rewrite the narrative

from that character’s point of view. (For evaluative purposes, be sure to include the original

narrative in your submission.)

OTHER: Pick any one of the following textual aspects to examine in detail in a work of your choice

(e.g. a short story, poem, essay, or song). In a formal essay, explain the textual aspect’s purpose

in the work. (This assignment choice may be repeated for credit using a different aspect and

work.)

o Tone

o

Diction

o Syntax

o Point of View

o Structure

YOUR CHOICE: Pick a unique topic not on this list. Proposal pending teacher approval. Note:

You may NOT recycle or revise an essay written for another class.



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