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College Examples: Hugh Gallagher, the Legendary Liar
I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I
have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making
them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic
slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time
efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.
College Prompts from the Past
College Admission Essay Topics
Best in Show: 15,16,98,99, 101, 105, 106, 109, 110
Thursday, 9/15: M.C., Vocabulary
* Check J9
* Look up words 1-10 for vocabulary
* M.C. 2009 Section 1
HW: J10 College RD #2
* Look up words 1-10 for vocabulary
* M.C. 2009 Section 1
HW: J10 College RD #2
Tuesday, 9/6: Beowulf
1. Notice the Creative Writing link on the right to see some work from past years.
2. Notice the College Guide link.
3. V & T
A. Vocabulary: Look up and copy definitions for words 1-10
B. Terms: Look up definitions for scop, kenning, and alliteration.
4. College Essay Review
HW: Write a FD of College Essay #1. Beowulf: Read through the death of the next monster (I don't want to give it away).
The Basic FD Rubric (we will go into more detail with our AP rubric training in future weeks)
A = Solid content; great style; few, if any, grammatical errors
B = Solid content; good style; a few grammatical errors
C = Reasonable content; uneven style; noticeable errors
D = Poor content; many distracting errors
2. Notice the College Guide link.
3. V & T
A. Vocabulary: Look up and copy definitions for words 1-10
B. Terms: Look up definitions for scop, kenning, and alliteration.
4. College Essay Review
HW: Write a FD of College Essay #1. Beowulf: Read through the death of the next monster (I don't want to give it away).
The Basic FD Rubric (we will go into more detail with our AP rubric training in future weeks)
A = Solid content; great style; few, if any, grammatical errors
B = Solid content; good style; a few grammatical errors
C = Reasonable content; uneven style; noticeable errors
D = Poor content; many distracting errors
Note to Students on the RD College Essay
1. Be sure to include the prompt when giving me any college essay writing piece.
2. Use MLA in your heading for work turned in.
3. Consider opening in media res, like Homer (though an epic may not follow).
4. Keep the active tense. Vary your sentences (do five sentences open with "I" or "My"? Change it). Be specific, avoid general statements about yourself and others.
5. Look for the arc of negative to positive or positive to negative to positive. The futher the poles, the faster they arc, the stronger the feeling.
6. Colleges are more interested in you than people you'd rather talk about.
2. Use MLA in your heading for work turned in.
3. Consider opening in media res, like Homer (though an epic may not follow).
4. Keep the active tense. Vary your sentences (do five sentences open with "I" or "My"? Change it). Be specific, avoid general statements about yourself and others.
5. Look for the arc of negative to positive or positive to negative to positive. The futher the poles, the faster they arc, the stronger the feeling.
6. Colleges are more interested in you than people you'd rather talk about.
ICE: _That Hideous Strength_
1. Review Essay Structure and Style
2. "Mistakes Were Made": This American Life and the Awkward Evil of Cryonics.
3. 40 min. ICE
4. Turn in your essay and your college application RD to the table in the middle.
HW: Read _The Elements of Style_ III-IV
2. "Mistakes Were Made": This American Life and the Awkward Evil of Cryonics.
3. 40 min. ICE
4. Turn in your essay and your college application RD to the table in the middle.
HW: Read _The Elements of Style_ III-IV
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