What is the role of sports in your personal life? Journal – 2/19/14 Respond to the following prompt (5 ish minutes): What is the role of sports in your personal life?

Peer-Response Directions: (Repeat this twice) Highlight your thesis statement Trade papers with your Open Partner. Read your peer’s paper. Remember – it takes me about 10 minutes per paper to grade. Do not write on your peer’s paper. Write feedback for your peer on a separate sheet of notebook paper. Use the following format: Dear __________, The strongest part of your essay is ___________. The place where I see the greatest need for improvement is ______. Reading your essay, I learned that _____________. Sincerely, __________.

Self-Reflection Write a ½ to 1 page reflection for your Synthesis essay. Topics to consider: The entire process (expert text, Jigsaw, drafting, peer-editing, revising) Something interesting you discovered A challenge you faced (and hopefully overcame!) Something to do differently next time

Submit your Essay Top Bottom Assignment sheet (if you have it) Final Synthesis Essay (highlighted thesis statement) – Works Cited page directly following. Peer feedback and self-reflection “Final” draft (pause moment) Essay chunking – Final and RD Edited Rough draft Any and all process work (thesis, précis, pre-write) Bottom