Narrative/College Essays

1. Opening Moment: Josh 
2. Groups: discuss article analysis

• what were the highlights?
• what would you recommend modeling from the articles?

3. Blog posting: what makes a good college essay?

• http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/essay/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

4. Documenting the mundane...activity 

5. (If time...) Group work: Admissions Committees

• Look at the college essay checklist and discuss what you're looking for in a college essay; hard copy also given in class. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/studentactivity/20090423a.pdf

• Choose an essay to review from this site, fill out the checklist: http://www.conncoll.edu/admission/apply/essays-that-worked/

• Group chat: Which students would you accept? Which would you reject?