Q4 Reflection: Due Wednesday 5/24

Answer the following questions in your Reflections Google Doc.

1. What strategies for growth did you apply for writing the essay? How effective were they?

2. What previous areas of growth do you now consider areas of strength?

3. What have you learned about yourself as a learner in Q4?

4. What two observations would you like to be reminded of at the beginning of next year?

5. How effectively did you meet your commitments for engagement in Q4?

Complete the following sentence: "Based on these observations, I assign myself a ___/50 for engagement in Q4."

It's So Excessive

Rewrite your original Paw Print passage so that each sentence is overrun with excessive modifiers. Then, write an analytical paragraph in which you explore how this change affects the style of the passage and the meanings that it conveys to its readers. How is it different from the original passage? How does it change the author's voice? How does it change the ideas she is conveying?

As always, this analytical paragraph should observe the same conventions and structures of the analytical paragraphs in your modified essays, including a topic sentence, direct textual evidence, contestable claims, and explanations linking evidence to ideas.

It's So Passive

Rewrite your original Paw Print passage so that it is entirely in the passive voice. Then, write an analytical paragraph in which you explore how this change affects the style of the passage and the meanings that it conveys to its readers. How is it different from the original passage? How does it change the author's voice? How does it change the ideas she is conveying?

As always, this analytical paragraph should observe the same conventions and structures of the analytical paragraphs in your modified essays, including a topic sentence, direct textual evidence, contestable claims, and explanations linking evidence to ideas.

It's So Abstract

Rewrite your Paw Print passage so that all of the nouns are abstract nouns. Then, write an analytical paragraph in which you explore how this change affects the style of the passage and the meanings that it conveys to its readers. How is it different from the original passage? How does it change the author's voice? How does it change the ideas she is conveying?

As always, this analytical paragraph should observe the same conventions and structures of the analytical paragraphs in your modified essays, including a topic sentence, direct textual evidence, contestable claims, and explanations linking evidence to ideas.

It's So Simple

Select a 3-4 sentence passage from the most recent edition of the Paw Print. Rewrite the passage so that each sentence is a simple sentence. Then, write an analytical paragraph in which you explore how this change affects the style of the passage and the meanings that it conveys to its readers. How is it different from the original passage? How does it change the author's voice? How does it change the ideas she is conveying?

This analytical paragraph should observe the same conventions and structures of the analytical paragraphs in your modified essays, including a topic sentence, direct textual evidence, contestable claims, and explanations linking evidence to ideas.