1. 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?

2. 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, __________.

3. 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

4. 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)
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