The Theme Essay Due for Honors

Tomorrow is the day.  Your theme essay is due if you are in the honors class.

Be sure you are offering clear, developed arguments.

Be sure you double check your conventions and challenge yourself to be creative with them.

Be sure you don't stress over the paper.

Here is a quick checklist to be sure you are as prepared as you need to be.

1) Type it.  Double space it.  Print it.
2) Have the self-assessed rubric stapled to the top of your paper.
3) Have a new rubric stapled on top of that (available in class tomorrow).
4) Make sure the final copy is neat and clean.
5) Bring it to class.

Once that is turned in you can turn your full attention to the classic reading and the cohesive assignment.  I can't wait to start assessing them.

In the standard classes you have a couple more days.  Use the time wisely by revising nightly.  Take what we discuss in class and apply it to your own writing.  As John Updike said, "Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what we are trying to say."

Keep revising.  When you think you have it, look again, more deeply. You can always improve what you've written.  

Revise tonight and read some of your novel.  

Until next time...