During the first quarter of this school year you have been maintaining a Learning Log. In it you have recorded activities, lessons, and ideas about which you have been studying in your classes. Hopefully, you also have written about your feelings and thoughts regarding your studies. For Paragraphs a Week this week, you will be utilizing your Learning Log as a starting point for a multi-paragraph writing assignment.
You will be responsible for writing two paragraphs. In the first paragraph you should recount the important things you have learned so far this school year. Do NOT simply list the activities and topics, but rather select a few keys points to discuss in detail, including your personal thoughts about them. In the second paragraph you will be making a projection for the next quarter. Here you will discuss goals you might like to achieve, improvements you might want to make, or expectations you may have. Again do NOT simply list the items; explain them in detail through personal reflection.
Because you are writing two paragraphs, you will need a transitional sentence, one that takes your reader smoothly from your first topic into your second. This transitional sentence may be the concluding sentence of your first paragraph or the topic sentence of your second. Your final sentence should tie together both topics. Your entire paper should consist of between 10-16 sentences. Pay close attention to the structure of this week's paper; your focus should be on DIRECTION.
REMEMBER:
___ 5-8 sentences for EACH paragraph, including a topic and concluding sentence
___ a transitional sentence
___ five elements of good writing; focus on DIRECTION
___ clearly reworked rough draft
___ final is neat and written in ink
___ signature of adult who helped you proofread your work for content and PRESENTATION
___ all three papers stapled together with final on top
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