Semester 1 Essay
Reflections- overviews
PROSE AND POETRY SECTIONS OF NOTEBOOK
Part I: Prose Essays
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Looking in your prose section of your notebook and pulling out the bright
orange essay from last quarter- assess yourself on your overall growth in
both READING and WRITING a prose –response essay
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Please record this essay in your essay log on page 1 of this section
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Respond to the following: What are the skills you’ve worked on while
practicing literary analyses essays?
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What is your greatest strength overall in your own opinion (in prose writing)?
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What is your goal to achieve this quarter on prose essays?
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What are some additional skills/ specific areas you hope to practice and
improve on? (i.e. claims, evidence, reading quickly, organization, transitions…)
Part II: Poetry Essays
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Looking in your poetrysection of your notebook and pulling out the bright
pink essay from last quarter- assess yourself on your overall growth in both
READING and WRITING a poetry–response essay
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Please record this essay in your essay log on page 1 of this section
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Respond to the following: What are the skills you’ve worked on while
practicing literary analyses essays?
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What is your greatest strength overall in your own opinion (in prose writing)?
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What is your goal to achieve this quarter on prose essays?

What are some additional skills/ specific areas you hope to practice and
improve on? (i.e. claims, evidence, reading quickly, organization, transitions…)
Record your Open-ended score
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Referring to your peer/self graded BRIGHT
YELLOW essay, please record your score on
your essay log in that section.
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We will be working on this type of essay more
this quarter and next and will reflect on our
growth as we gain more practice.