College+Essay

Directions for College Essay:

1.Do online research and find a college or colleges you are interested in attending and print out their admissions form. On the admissions form, find the section that relates to their college essay requirements. Do your search by going to Google.com and in the search area typing in: admissions form for college name. Example: admissions form for Cedar Crest College admissions form for Lehigh University

2. Read examples of successful college essays. This includes the samples that were given to you by your teacher and several examples from TeenInk Magazine.

3. You are going to be writing a college essay of a minimum of 400 words and a maximum of 535 words. You have total freedom of choice in the college you choose and in the essay format and topic.

4. Create a folder titled College Essay and place it in your English folder on the computer. When you are done with each of the four steps of the process, you are to place copies of each into your College Essay folder. **You are to do all four steps of your writing in Google.docs and give me editing privileges.** I will be checking work on the College Essays every day so that I know all of you are on task and not waiting to the last minute. **YOU ARE TO WORK ON ALL FOUR SECTIONS OF YOUR COLLEGE ESSAY IN CLASS AND AT HOME ALL OF THIS WEEK, INCLUDING WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK WHEN YOU ARE OFF OF TEACHER IN-SERVICE. YOU ARE TO PRINT OUT EACH STEP OF THE PROCESS WHEN YOU COMPLETE IT. WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR FINAL COPY, WHICH IS DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, YOU ARE TO STAPLE TO THE BACK THE FOLLOWING: ROUGH DRAFT, OUTLINE, AND BRAINSTORM. REMEMBER YOU WILL GET A GRADE FOR EACH STEP.**

5. Prepare a one- page brainstorm similar to the example provided. Look for common information and group this information together by using numbers. Do your brainstorm on the computer. Save as: college essay brainstorm. On all steps of the writing process, set up proper page headings:

Example:

Honors English ............................................................Joe Smith College Essay............................................................... 2/13/ 05 Brainstorm ....................................................................Period 6

Your brainstorm will be graded as class work and weighted as ten percent.

5. AFTER YOU SAVE A COPY OF YOUR BRAINSTORM INTO YOUR COLLEGE ESSAY FOLDER, change brainstorm to outline. Make sure to change the heading on the page as well from brainstorm to outline, as well as the date. Prepare a thorough outline that has an introduction, a body, and a conclusion using your brainstorm as your template. Make sure your introduction includes a hook.

Your outline will be graded as class work and weighted as ten percent.

6. AFTER YOU SAVE A COPY OF YOUR OUTLINE INTO YOUR COLLEGE ESSAY FOLDER, change outline to rough draft. Make sure to change the heading on the page from outline to rough draft, as well as the date. Use your outline as your template to write your rough draft. DO NOT DO ANY EDITING, PROOFREADING, AND REVISING IN YOUR ROUGH DRAFT.

Your teacher will quickly scan your rough draft and give brief advice if necessary/

7. AFTER YOU SAVE A COPY OF YOUR OUTLINE INTO YOUR COLLEGE ESSAY FOLDER, change rough draft to final copy. Make sure to change the heading on the page from rough draft to final copy, as well as the date. YOU WILL DO ALL YOUR EDITING, PROOFREADING, AND REVISING IN THE FINAL COPY.

Your final copy is due on Monday 9/28. Attach your brainstorm, outline, and rough draft to the back of the final copy and place the complete packet in the collection basket. TAKE YOU TIME ON THIS ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. I AM NOT GIVING BONUS POINTS FOR EARLY SUBMISSION BECAUSE THIS ASSIGNMENT CANNOT BE RUSHED.

Your final copy will be graded as a writing assignment and weighted as fifty percent. All other steps of the process will be graded as 10 homework points.