Collage Essay

How is your drafting going? Review the links that discuss writing, revision, transitions, etc. Take 60 minutes to read about these things and work on your collage essay.

Then post a well-develped paragraph that tells exactly what you did with your 60 minutes.

Email me the draft of the paper. Do not post the draft here, just the description of what you did goes in comments.

We have a lot going on

As we expected, the 8th is coming fast. In addition, we are working on the collage essays. Be sure to review (again) the characteristics of a paragraph -- topic sentence, supporting details and evidence -- and make each of your seven paragraphs solid on its own.

Then, look for ways to arrange the paragraphs and transition between them. This is the Collage Essay. It may not have a thesis; it may not have an introduction; it may not have a conclusion. But it must have the seven paragraphs...all well-developed. And it will need a title.

The abstract you drafted (and will get back to again) is an exercise in precision and reading comprehension.

The collage is an exercise in paragraph structure, transition, flow, and sentence level style.

The final researched essay will bring everything together.

7 paragraph topics

Write seven well-developed paragraphs on the following topics:

-Physical description of yourself
-A response to the quotes
-An abstract
-Sports
-Holidays
-Choose one: Animals/butterflies, Current event , campus life and classes
-Choose: Food, vacation, entertainment (movies, music, weekends), jobs, shopping/fashion/beauty

Why you chose Trimble, Jamison, or Boyle

Post your paragraph here. Be sure to state the title of the book and the author.

Your college purpose

Post your paragraph here.

Physical appearance paragraphs

Post your paragraph here. Remember that the purpose of this paragraph is to paint a picture/snapshot of what you look like, so the reader could pick you out on campus.