1. Writing a personal statement
Mr. Verlin
South Philadelphia High School
September 24 and 29, 2014
Writing a personal statement

2. Preliminaries (9/24)
Rank the following terms in increasing order of specificity listing the broadest term first:
Thesis Statement
School Stuff
Paragraph
Sentence
English Class
Essay

3. Preliminaries (9/25)
List the first 4 outline headings we used for our personal statement outline in class yesterday.

4. Objectives:
The students will be able to differentiate between broader and narrower forms of detail.
The students will be able to use outlining to write a personal statement with controlled focus:
Who I Was
Who I Am
Who I Will Be
Be able to write a draft of a personal statement from the outline created in the previous lesson.

5. Focus Lesson: Personal Stat…
Pre-write: outline with >= 4 levels of detail
Who I was
Who I am
Who I will become
Draft: transforming outlines into drafts
Sentences
Paragraphs

6. Homework: Second Draft
Complete a second draft of the personal statement by October 8.