WEDNESDAY, MAY 3,2017
• 18 DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT
• GET A PEN OR PENCIL OUT OF YOUR BACKPACK
• PUT EVERYTHING ELSE (INCLUDING (YOUR CELL PHONE) IN YOUR
BACKPACK
• PLACE BACKPACK, BAGS, AND PURSES AGAINST THE SIDE WALL
• TAKE A SEAT IN THE MIDDLE TABLE
COUNT OFF
1,2,3,4,5…….
ODD NUMBERS MOVE TWO OPEN SEATS
TO THE RIGHT!
USING BIG, BOLD LETTERS, WRITE
YOUR NAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
GREEN PIECE OF PAPER.
SHHHHH…..
ABSOLUTELY NO TALKING FROM THIS
POINT FORWARD.
•PASS YOUR PAPER ONE SPACE TO
THE RIGHT.
•SHHHHHH…. NO TALKING
WRITE ONE POSITIVE WORD, PHRASE, OR MEMORY
THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND ABOUT THE PERSON
WHOSE PAPER YOU NOW HAVE.
SHHHHHH…… NO TALKING
•PASS YOUR PAPER ONE SPACE TO
THE RIGHT.
•SHHHHHH…. NO TALKING
WRITE ONE POSITIVE WORD, PHRASE, OR MEMORY
THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND ABOUT THE PERSON
WHOSE PAPER YOU NOW HAVE.
SHHHHHH…… NO TALKING
AFTER WE GET ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TABLE
AND YOUR PAPER MAKES IT BACK TO YOU, READ THE
POSITIVE COMMENTS PEOPLE HAVE MADE ABOUT
YOU.
TURN YOUR PAPER OVER TO THE
“ME, PERSONALLY” SIDE
LET’S ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
YOURSELF….
GET YOUR LAPTOP TO BEGIN TYPING AN ESSAY
OR
GET A SHEET OF PAPER TO HANDWRITE YOUR ROUGH
DRAFT ESSAY
SIT BACK DOWN QUICKLY…
TOPIC A …. FRESHMAN
WHAT WAS THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH YOU
WERE RAISED? DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILY, HOME,
NEIGHBORHOOD, OR COMMUNITY, AND EXPLAIN
HOW IT HAS SHAPED YOU AS A PERSON.
TOPIC B …FRESHMAN
MOST STUDENTS HAVE AN IDENTITY, AN INTEREST, OR
A TALENT THAT DEFINES THEM IN AN ESSENTIAL WAY.
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.
TOPIC C …. FRESHMAN
YOU'VE GOT A TICKET IN YOUR HAND - WHERE WILL
YOU GO? WHAT WILL YOU DO? WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WHEN YOU GET THERE?
ROUGH DRAFT ESSAY A, B, OR C IS
DUE FRIDAY, MAY 5TH FOR A GRADE
… ON YOUR LAPTOP (NOT HANDWRITTEN)
WE WILL PEER REVIEW, REVISE AND EDIT FRIDAY …
THEN YOU WILL PRESENT YOUR ESSAY ON MONDAY,
MAY 8TH FOR ANOTHER GRADE.