Week 9 - 5 paragraph essay mid-term exam - Section A

Monday Journal Entry (draft) - prep work for mid-term 5 paragraph essaySteps:

1. Review your entire journal
2. Review the course blog
3. Review your English course text & your Learning Community text
4. Review your group project
5. Review your 2 typed papers (hopefully you have saved a copy) & the APA & MLA links attached to this blog.
6. Review any written assignment from another class (hopefully from your Learning Community course)
7. Design an outline or mind map - highlighting three key areas/focus of academic study that you are weak in (need improvement) and three areas/focus of academic study that you have mastered (or mastered the most). Example: Three areas of academic study priority are - Reading a text in a critical fashion, note taking, APA style format.
8. Five paragraph essay - Design a five paragraph essay stating a general thesis about your personal academic mission and support that thesis statement with the section identified in step 7 of this assignment directive.
9. Draft must be in pen.
10. Journal entry heading: Advancing my Academic Commitment
11. Once you have prepared completed steps 7 & 8 - type your draft essay according to MLA guidelines.

NOTE: There is no way this journal entry will be able to completed during this class period. This is an introductory drill to prepare students for their mid-term five paragraph mid-term exam entry. Students have five days from in class drill to complete assignment.

WARNING: Lorenzo will not grade a mid-term exam that does not have a typed five paragraph essay. This MLA style document will be submitted separately at the beginning of week #10 - Monday 3/16/09 class.