Thursday: Paragraph practice!

Jessamyn West High School Writing Contest

Participants may enter one story, five poems, and one essay. All entries must be in MLA format.  No name on the manuscript itself.  

Applications are due April 14 to me!  

You will win free entry to all public events, including craft lectures and readings, at the 2014 Napa Valley Writers' Conference (July 27-August 1).

Writing today....

Start with a well-articulated thesis that expresses your point of view on the locovore subject.

Then, choose one issue and develop your support for that thesis using direct quotations and paraphrases from the sources in the synthesis packet.  For this practice, you do not need to cram 3 sources in your paragraph, just show me how you would incorporate at least one source.  Keep in mind that some sources do "talk" to each other and it might serve your purpose well to "synthesize" and pull them together in the conversation.

Please share your google doc with me if you choose to use a computer today: jenlamonte@gmail.com.

Here is a link to the student sample essays from 2011.