In-Class Writing Assignment

In Language Arts class we are currently writing our autobiographies. These will be five paragraph essays. Paragraph one is the introductory paragraph that includes a grabber (question, anecdote, startling fact, or quotation) and a thesis statement that alerts the reader about the topic of the essay. Paragraph two tells about the student's past, including at least one story about his/her early life. Paragraph three is dedicated to the present, including at least one memory about middle school. Paragraph four explores future plans and goals. Paragraph five is the concluding paragraph that brings the essay to a close with a quotation or "words to live by." We are writing this in class, writing one paragraph a day. Students who do not finish the daily paragraph must complete it that evening for homework. Any student who shows up for class without the daily completed paragraph will join the "Literary Lunch Bunch" in my classroom. After eating lunch, those students report to my class for the rest of the period to work on their missing work.