Lesson One - Essay Writing

Lesson

Read and study the notes on the Five Paragraph Essay.
Read and study the notes on the Literary Essay.
Study the Literary Essay RUBRIC, so you are aware of the various categories in which your writing will be assessed.

Carefully peruse the Literary Essay EXEMPLARS and rationales. These documents will provide you with excellent examples of what I am looking for when assessing the literary essays which you will write during this course.

Essay Writing Links
The web site links above are also found on the ELA Websites, which you access via the INFO tab. Explore them to be aware of the kind of online writing help that is available to you.

Take the time to check out all of the links under "Links".  You will also find a dictionary and thesaurus - which you should always use when you write.  In fact, when you write Part A of your ELA 30-1 Diploma Exam, you are allowed to use a dictionary and thesaurus.