1 / 16

Let’s Celebrate!

Let’s Celebrate! Carnaval Day of the Dead Happy Diwali Happy Boxing Day ????? Holiday Essay You will be writing an essay based on your favorite holiday or type of celebration.

jana
Download Presentation

Let’s Celebrate!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Let’s Celebrate!

  2. Carnaval

  3. Day of the Dead

  4. Happy Diwali

  5. Happy Boxing Day ?????

  6. Holiday Essay • You will be writing an essay based on your favorite holiday or type of celebration. • This essay will be either persuasive or expository based on the prompt directions you receive. Regardless of the genre, all essays should meet the following guidelines: - Follow an appropriate organizational pattern - Be sure to include PLENTY of examples and supporting details - Be descriptive, using charged words, vivid verbs, and concrete nouns - Engage the reader through speaker’s voice creating mental images - Use a variety of sentence types - Avoid fragments and run-ons • All essays will require a pre-write, a rough draft, and a final draft with revisions identified. • Assignment can only be worked on in class and is due on Friday, December 11, 2009.

  7. Compare & Contrast Persuasive Essay Expository Essay • Organization Organization • Engaging Lead Engaging Lead • Persuasive Appeals Descriptive Writing • Examples & Details Examples & Details • Call to Action Summary • Voice/Word Choice Voice/Word Choice • Sentence Fluency Sentence Fluency

  8. Holidays Throughout the Year • Winter: • Spring: • Summer • Fall:

  9. Pre-writing Strategy

More Related