Tuesday

• Discussion/return of compare contrast essay drafts for "The Yellow Wallpaper"/"The Story of an Hour".  Here are some resources you can use to rework the essay:
• NOTES on writing conclusions for literary analysis essays
• Grammarly
• Hemingway Editor
• FOCUS CORRECTION AREAS: Bookmark page for class 
• Capitalization
• Apostrophe use
• Paragraphing
• Formatting titles of literary works
• Submit new drafts by Sunday 10/14/18 at 11:59 pm. Please copy your original draft and edit/submit that so that I can see both versions of the assignment.

• College Admissions Essays
• Brainstorm for essay ideas and begin writing your first draft. Come to class with a physical copy of your draft on Wed. 10/17/18. You can use traditional methods to brainstorm like webs or lists, but also try some other methods:

• 5 Fun and Unique Ways to Brainstorm for Your College Essays
• Brainstorming: Quick Tips
• 3 Brainstorming Exercise for the Personal Essay
• 🔉LISTEN TO ME INTRODUCE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HERE
• Apply Texas Topics 
• Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
• Scoring Guide for essay
• Sample essays

• Elements of Fiction
• "56-0" annotations were returned with grades (from assignment on Thursday).
• HW due Thurs. 10/11/18: Read and take notes on "Theme" in the textbook, p. 456-460 (orange), 459-463 (red), 497-501 (purple). 
• UNIT TEST will be Wed. 10/17/18. We will review on Thursday.