HW DUE FRI. 3/8:
Think of an incident/instance/situation/scenario in your life that accounts for a small amount of time YET SIMULTANEOUSLY REPRESENTS a significant lesson, occurrence, etc.
Now, based on this event, compose ROUGH DRAFTS OF YOUR TWO 'PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES' ESSAYS AS FOLLOWS:
1) ONE DRAFT DETAILING THE EVENT from 1st person (YOUR PERSONAL) perspective
2) ONE DRAFT DETAILING THE SAME EVENT/SUBJECT from ANOTHER PERSON’S/OBJECT'S/etc. perspective; i.e., someone/thing who/that ‘witnessed’ this same event (**1st OR 3rd PERSON IS ACCEPTABLE HERE
**This set of TANDEM ESSAYS is meant to be shorter, capturing 'a moment/a few moments' in your life**
--be decisive with your choice of details
--use dialogue, imagery, etc; MAKE IT INTERESTING
--incorporate humor, anger, honesty, grief, confusion, sarcasm, etc.; whatever emotions set the stage for the TONE of your essay topic
--250-350 words for EACH DRAFT
--use the samples/models shown to you today as guides for composing your perspectives
Think of an incident/instance/situation/scenario in your life that accounts for a small amount of time YET SIMULTANEOUSLY REPRESENTS a significant lesson, occurrence, etc.
Now, based on this event, compose ROUGH DRAFTS OF YOUR TWO 'PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES' ESSAYS AS FOLLOWS:
1) ONE DRAFT DETAILING THE EVENT from 1st person (YOUR PERSONAL) perspective
2) ONE DRAFT DETAILING THE SAME EVENT/SUBJECT from ANOTHER PERSON’S/OBJECT'S/etc. perspective; i.e., someone/thing who/that ‘witnessed’ this same event (**1st OR 3rd PERSON IS ACCEPTABLE HERE
**This set of TANDEM ESSAYS is meant to be shorter, capturing 'a moment/a few moments' in your life**
--be decisive with your choice of details
--use dialogue, imagery, etc; MAKE IT INTERESTING
--incorporate humor, anger, honesty, grief, confusion, sarcasm, etc.; whatever emotions set the stage for the TONE of your essay topic
--250-350 words for EACH DRAFT
--use the samples/models shown to you today as guides for composing your perspectives
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