1. End of Class Reflection
What have you learned in this class that will be helpful in your future classes? What skills can you transfer to other classes? What do you need to work on next in your writing?
 What are some of the most helpful assignments, activities, or readings that we did in class?  Were any assignments/activities not helpful to you or should be changed? Explain.
If you could give the students in my future English 21 classes any advice about how to be successful in this class, what would you tell them? Is there anything you wish you had known at the beginning?

2. Open “Commonly Confused Words”
And pass out the essay revision checklist.

3. Pair and Proofread

4. PLEASE RETURN IN NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES
BREAK TIME!
PLEASE RETURN IN NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES

5. Why is In-Class Writing Important?
Writing in-class is a skill that will serve you well as you take more advanced college classes. Professors in these classes will use in-class writing to measure what you have learned, and they will expect that you already know how to write and organize an essay.
In-class writing requires you to do these things:
Show that you understand the topic that you are writing about thoroughly. This includes concepts/ideas as well as facts like names, dates, and places.
Present your thoughts on the topic in a unified, organized way in a short amount of time.

6. In-Class Writing Tips Step one: Read the prompt carefully.
Underline key words.
Figure out what kind of response the question is looking for.
Make sure you give the correct type of response.
Step two: Plan.
Writing down ideas/things to cover may help you to remember them later.
Don't spend too much time on this step (no more than a minute or two), but write down your thesis (Your main idea) somewhere in your outline.
Also include main ideas and a several supporting ideas/phrases for each body paragraph.

7. In-Class Writing Tips Step three: Write. Step four: Check.
Make sure that you are following any special directions like using pen/pencil or skipping lines. Pace yourself. Keep an eye on the clock and don’t allow any one section to take too much of your time.
Spend the most time on the body of your essay, not introducing or planning or writing your conclusion.
Make sure that each paragraph has a good topic sentence that will help keep you on track for that paragraph.
Step four: Check.
If you have time left over, take the opportunity to go back and look for grammar and spelling errors, or for places where you might need to add clarification.
Also, remember to write legibly.

8. “The Struggle to be an American Girl” Brainstorm/Freewrite
Read “The Struggle to Be An All-American Girl” page 538.
Brainstorm/Freewrite for 10 minutes:
What does it mean to be "All-American"?
What images, events, foods, holidays do you associate with this phrase?
Do you feel like these images are part of your experience, or are they part of someone else's?

9. Discussion Questions for “All-American Girl”
There is tension between two cultures in this essay. Identify some of the places where this tension is present. How does the author use detail and tone to express this tension?
Have you ever experience tension between two cultures?
Not necessarily outright conflict, but a time when you felt pulled in two different directions.
What was the outcome, or is it ongoing?

10. What is DUE on the day of the Final? (Next Week, Dec. 15)
Required:
Final Draft of the Informative Essay
Uploaded to Turnitin.com BEFORE CLASS.
Optional:
Your extra credit assignment, printed and stapled.
You Should Also Bring:
A clean, unmarked exam book.
blue/green or any color, but I do prefer large size
Your textbook or copies of “All American Girl”
Your brainstorming notes from today.
A pen or pencil. Bring extras.

11. If you have late assignments to turn in, please do so now
If you have late assignments to turn in, please do so now. If you have anything else to discuss with me, please stay until I have a chance to speak with you.

12. Thank you!
I’ve enjoyed having all of you in my class this semester and I wish you the best of luck on your final in all of your other classes!
You have stuck with it, achieved much, and you should all be proud of yourselves!
See you Tuesday at 5:30PM.
Don’t forget to bring an Exam Book for the Final!