Personal Essay

Personal Essay Lesson 3

by Melissa Nichols

Poll

Read your Independent Reading book for 5 minutes (use the timer to the left).  When the time is up, go to your "Book Log" and write the title and the pages you read.  Then, answer the poll below and go to the next slide.

• Today I read or listened to 3 or more pages.

• Today I read or listened to 2 pages.

• Today I read or listened to 1 page.

• Today I wasn't able to read or listen to any pages.

Poll

Over the last 3 days, you were to read 2 articles.  Honestly, what did you read over the last 3 days? 

• I read "How to Become a Southern Fried Nigerian"

• I read "How to Get Your Green Card in America"

• I read both articles

• I didn't read any of the articles.

Open Ended

Using your Personal Essay chart in your literacy notebook, list 5 things you should include in your personal essay?

Multiple Choice

The following are included in a Personal Essay:

• Life experiences

• Dialogue

• Facts

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

The following should be included in your personal essay:

• Thesis

• body paragraphs

• Stories

• All of the above

​Now it's time to BRAINSTORM! Open your literacy notebook to the next clean page and at the top, title it "Brainstorm Personal Essay".

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​Then, go to the next slide and watch the Edpuzzle video, answering the multiple choice questions that appear on the right hand side.

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​In your literacy notebook, create a list of as many memories as you can. Try to think of things that have to do with the American experience.

​II’d include my first brush with racism, the opportunities I’ve had such as my job, cooking Chinese food in America, etc.  

Poll

Now, for the next 4 minutes (set your timer), take your list and share it with 2 other people.  Add any ideas that you get from hearing other students' lists.  When the 4 minutes are up, answer the poll below.

• I got 3 or more ideas from sharing with others.

• I got 2 more ideas from sharing with others.

• I got 1 more idea to add to my list by sharing with others.

• I did not get any ideas when I shared with others.

Open Ended

Now you're going to take that list of memories/ideas and narrow it down. Look at your list of possible ideas and select one that you feel you could write about that reflects your idea of the American experience. Write the memory/idea in the blank below using the sentence stem:

The memory/idea I'm going to write about is...

On the next slide is the slide presentation from yesterday. Start with slide 7 and work your way through to the end.

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​If you don't see anything on the next slide, go to the website below to access the slides and scroll down to slide #7. You'll do slides 7 through the end.

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dC7kB5rSydCWNJNfaYEtTXc5yE0YD4vhkWUa0sYl7V0/edit#slide=id.gea450ea336_0_332

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