Starting today, you will intensify your exam preparation. First, take time to read the SAMPLE ESSAYS written for real exam questions on Blackboard>Course Documents>Essay Exam Documents (29 pages). From the comments on the essays, identify whether the sample essay is a passing or a failing one. Pay attention to the introduction, thesis statement, topic statements, paragraph development, conclusion, language use, sentence grammar, and word choice in the passing essays (to get ideas for WHAT TO DO) and failing essays (to understand WHAT NOT TO DO).
Then, choose ONE question from another document, "sample essay questions," also on Blackboard>Course Documents>Essay Exam Documents.
1) Draft a tentative thesis (position) statement for the question with THREE-FOUR points you’d make in the essay-- you may draft this by handwriting, typing in a Word document, etc. Then, time yourself (approx. an hour) and write a full essay (approx. 500 words) as an answer to the question.
2) Post your essay to your blog (as usual, title your post by the number and title of this blog: Blog Post #8, etc ).
*IMPORTANT! Note that the ENGL 110C Essay Exam (Nov 29) questions will be based on the sample questions provided for you on Blackboard. In order to be more prepared for the essay exam, make sure to review all of the sample questions, including the pieces of writing provided with them. Have ideas for a tentative thesis statement and three/four points you would discuss in response to the questions.
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