Okay, with seven timed writes under your belt… is the timed experience getting less stressful? What have you discovered about tackling prompts successfully? What have you learned about prewriting and drafting your work in a timed setting? Advice for others? After reading sample essays and scoring comments, what is your plan for revising this particular work? Use specifics when answering. DUE 10.19
AP Final Harvard Essay Samples
You have completed your final reading of Harvard application essays (songs of experience, molding identity.) What stood out to you and why? What were you able to take from the samples that might influence the final copy of your college application essay? How close are you to a final product? If finished, what direction did you end up taking? Are you confident in your final product? Why or why not? If not, what is your plan of action? DUE 10.14
AP timed write #5 AF blog
you should be getting better at these blogs by now… make sure you are not just saying you need to add more details… you should share what specifics from the text were missing and how you plan to remedy problems in your rewrite. did you stick to your thesis? did you always come back to the prompt? did you analyze plot or just summarize? did you come back to the work as a whole? continue to compare to student samples and scoring… DUE 10.08
Harvard Application Essays POV Blog
You have just completed your third set (this time… point of view) of Harvard application essays. What stood out to you and why? What were you able to take from the samples that might influence the final copy of your college application essay? DUE 10.07
AP influences COLLEGE APP ESSAYS
Your second set of top Harvard application essays are themed by influence. What did you think? Any favorites? What made them stand out from the others? How has reading real college application essays and the analysis of each helped you to prepare your own college application essay? DUE 10.02
AP TW4 response blog
you should be getting better at these blogs by now… make sure you are not just saying you need to add more details… you should share what specifics from the text were missing and how you plan to remedy problems in your rewrite. did you stick to your thesis? did you always come back to the prompt? did you analyze plot or just summarize? did you come back to the work as a whole? continue to compare to student samples and scoring… DUE 10.01
