Today we continued working on a written response to this prompt:

Write about an occasion in which you needed to put your “trust” in something or someone.

For this piece, students will be assessed on IDEAS and STYLE only. In class today, we discussed how to write with VOICE (which is a huge part of STYLE):

♥Write honestly and from the heart;
♥Share personal feelings about the topic;
♥Speak directly to the reader;
♥Use language that can bring the topic to life for the reader;
♥Care about what is written;
♥Write to be read;
♥Use more expression than that found in an encyclopedia article;
♥Give the reader a sense of the person behind the words;
♥Connect with the reader.

Remember: Your VOICE is the HEART of the piece!