1) Mini-essay/response to an Upfront news article-->written in your composition notebooks.
Objective:
I need to get an idea of where you are--skill wise--in terms of writing about informational text. Thus, today is about assessing your writing skills.
Instructions:
1) You will need to arrange to borrow an Upfront magazine from me.
2) In the magazine you choose you are to find an article that resonates with you--this is the article you are going to write about.
3) Write a response (mini-essay) that uses the article for evidence. Organize your response:
- you need a claim/thesis statement
- you need direct/indirect quotes
- you need analysis/commentary
4) A minimum of THREE handwritten pages (so front and back of the page + one more page).
5) You have one hour to complete the response.
*Please limit yourself to one hour. There is no need to look up any of the terms you don't know. I did not give the class instruction as to what these the different elements (thesis/claim, analysis, etc.) are. I need to see what you already know and what you can do cold, without instruction.
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