Thursday, June 20, 2013

Panda #15

This assignment is an essay writing assignment.  You will be given a writing prompt.  You will write 5 complete paragraphs, with at least 5 sentences each.  This means that you will have 25 sentences total.  You must always indent all of you paragraphs.

Writing prompt:  Think of a time when you wanted to give up, but you kept going.  Try to remember what that felt like.  Please write a motivating/inspiring sentence as your topic sentence.  An example would be:  Nothing is hard, if you believe in yourself.  Don't use this sentence, you must come up with your own.

Paragraph #1:  Topic sentence, and Introduction Paragraph.  It must contain the main ideas that you are going to write about in the rest of the essay.

Paragraph #2:  This must contain your first supporting detail and examples.

Paragraph #3 and #4:  Supporting details and examples.

Paragraph #5:  Conclusion with your final sentence that summarized the whole essay and tells your reader your final thoughts.

Please write as many drafts as possible, and use separate sheets of paper.  Check spelling, grammar, punctuation, neatness, organization of sentences and paragraphs.  Please save all of your drafts and staple them to the back of your final draft.