Learning Target: I can use a writing model by a professional writer and feedback from a peer to improve my Gatsby personal reflection paper.

Activities

Watch Fitzgerald video

The Evolution of  O'Rourke's Controlling Idea: Insights on Grieving (in the third and fourth paragraph)

Peer feedback on your paper
Controlling Idea
Connections
Voice
At the end, write two or three sentences on some strengths of the paper and two or three sentences on some possible areas for improvement or expansion.  Perhaps some questions for them..."Have you considered...?

Hand back in-class essays

Homework: Have a revised draft available for peer feedback tomorrow. Make  sure that draft contains comments (typed in he margin) explaining the reasoning behind three of your most significant changes between the draft you are working with today and the draft you will submit tomorrow for peer review.