Lesson One - Swimmers

Assignment 2

(40 marks)

Open a new Word document. Label it E201U2L1.2surname
In this document, write the good copy of your personal response to text as outlined below.
Submit this assignment using the Dropbox for U2L1 Swimmers PR

Your response should be between 600 and 1200 words.
Historically, on the ELA 30-1 diploma exam, students who write 600 words tend to score around 50%. Those who write closer to the upper range of 1000-1200 words tend to reach the Standard of Excellence, which is 80% or higher. View 1200 words as a cap, however, and not as a target. Writing MORE than 1200 words does not necessarily improve your mark. It may, in fact, do the opposite. Choose your words judiciously. 

• Consider the ideas present in the visual text.
• What does this text suggest to you about the significance of ruling passion in an individual's life?
   Support your idea(s) with reference to the text presented and to your previous knowledge and/or experience.
• Use the work you did in the first assignment to help you with this second assignment. That first step helped you to break down the question to ensure that you discuss it in its entirety.

In your writing you should

• carefully chose a prose form and a perspective
• discuss ideas and impressions that are meaningful to you
• consider how you can create a strong unifying effect

Your assignment will be marked using the "personal response to texts" rubric.