Assignment Due Tuesday June 2

Thursday's journal assignment: Write about a person who made a significant impression in your life. Name three or four qualities of that person you admire or respect. Describe some actions or behaviors that show those qualities.

Homework: Take your journal assignment and build on that for Essay 3, Draft 1.

• Be sure you have a thesis - topic sentence that suggests what is to follow - in your intro. What do you really want to say in this essay?
• Make sure each paragraph has only one topic in it.
• ONE PARAGRAPH/ ONE TOPIC!

The class is your audience. Create a vivid word picture. Make them see, hear, and feel what you do about your topic.

Essay must be 3 ½ - 4 pages, double space, 12 point font.

Study all rules of punctuation.

To test yourself go to:
www.Brookdalecc.edu
click: Quicklinks
“ Academic Depts.
“ Writing Center
“ Writing Center (again)
“ The Writers Complex at Empire State

Here you can click on Punctuation Points and do the exercises on Commas and semi-colons.

Here you can also click on Grammar Workout and do the exercises on Fragments and Run On Sentences.