LAST-MINUTE STRATEGIES:
1. Finish your 3 essays.
o follow/complete the Outline Templates (review the rhetorical strategies if necessary)
o type your drafts
o use the Spell Checker
o use specific examples in each essay
§ specific people & instances in the EX and Class. essays
§ "how exactly" in the Process
o use the Emphatic Order in the Example & Classification essays (the "most" = last)
§ arrange your steps chronologically in the Process Essay
o * make sure the PROMPT is the first sentence of each essay (your Opening Generalization)
o * make sure you repeat the PROMPT in the Conclusion, too
2. Proofread your essays.
o grammar, punctuation
o sentence errors ***
o read the essays backwards, focusing on 1 word group at a time
o focus not on what you say, but how you say it
3. Don't try to memorize the entire essay - x 3.
o note & memorize those hard-to-spell words.
o memorize your reasons, steps, & types
o memorize your outlines
4. Review your "funnel effect" in your Introduction
o note how you moved from the Opening Generalization (the prompt)
o to your Thesis Statement
o For ex: Health Care --> ways people are taking care of themselves --> dieting --> some types of dieters --> the 3 most common types of dieters
o perhaps you can outline it in such a way
5. Practice outlining each essay.
o ** this is perhaps the best practice**
o just a skeletal outline of your ideas
o so you can jot this down in the first few minutes of your writing
o outline while you read an essay
o outline after you read an essay
o outline without looking at the essay (Monday night, Tuesday morning)
DAY OF:
1. if you arrive early enough (before class), you'll look over your essays or outlines 1 last time
o you'll receive a few pieces of carbon-less carbon paper & fill out the necessary info on the top of the page (i.e., name, ID#)
o you'll receive the rhetorical strategy (type of essay) you have to write
o you'll outline that essay for 5 minutes (not required, but a good practice)
o you'll write your essay for 45 minutes
o you'll proofread your essay for 10 minutes
o then you'll submit your WCE papers
o then we'll move on to the next essay (C/C)