We have been reading personal essays for the past three weeks. By reading mentor text, we can better understand how to write this new powerful genre. From reading Tony Hawk's "Do What you Love," Macklin Levine's "The Beatles Live On," and YingYing Yu's "Duty to Family, Country," we have learned that a personal essay is best when it has meaning that is of personal significance. Personal essay topics vary as they give a glimpse to the reader into your life experiences. We generated ideas using our reading, from our past notebook ideas, and from what we have experience or faced in our own lives.
One topic I have been grabbling with is the idea of free time and how society is not understanding it's importance. Take a look at the four drafts and see how I raised the level of writing each time.
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One topic I have been grabbling with is the idea of free time and how society is not understanding it's importance. Take a look at the four drafts and see how I raised the level of writing each time.
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