Personality Trait...

Focused Free-Writing: 

If you had to name the one personality trait that you have tried the hardest to change in yourself, what would you say?  Explain.  

Many times, people have chose the non-aggressive attitude towards their education,  they would want to be more aggressive when it comes to pursuing their education.  Call it laziness, they do not have the stamina, but students genuinely care about their learning.  I honestly think that students whom are hardworking deserve to be rewarded.


Tonight I went over the scoring of an essay.  The P 3 2 1, which students need to score, the P=Pass.  The Pass paper shows that the writer is confident with his/her writing skill.  The essay has one clear, well-focused topic; the main ideas are well supported by vivid and accurate details.  The essay has an inviting and appropriate introduction, followed by relevant information presented in a logical order.  Furthermore, the essay closes with a strong and convincing conclusion.  The author's purpose of writing is very clear and there is strong evidence of attention to audience.  The author uses sophisticated vocabulary and phrases; sentences are well constructed and vary in structure and length with minimal grammatical and mechanical errors. 

I constantly reminded my students how their writing needs to be perfect, when they choose their topic to write about.  I also reminded them that throughout the whole semester we went over how to be a better writer, and they should take into mind how they are to tackle this final essay.

Hopefully, it works, and I will see the improvement in their writing.  We'll see...










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