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5/28/2020 “As someone who values creative innovation, I want THREE PARTS TO WRITING THE ESSAY a career in business entrepreneurship. I know I’ll succeed, because I am a great leader. I plan to go 1. Examining question or prompt; to the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.” 2. Pre-writing response; Problems: 1. Vague generalities 3. Creating first draft. 2. Not convincing 3. Not interesting EXAMINE YOUR ESSAY QUESTION SITUATION: WHY ARE YOU WRITING THIS ESSAY? Colleges and scholarship funders want to know your Essential that you fully understand—and answer—your essay question or prompt! VALUES For any question or prompt: 1. TASK(S); INTERESTS 2. SUBJECT(S) or TOPIC(S) 3. INSTRUCTIONS; STRENGTHS 4. CONNECTIONS; 5. ASSUMPTIONS. GOALS 1

5/28/2020 PREWR PREWRITI TING NG EX EXAMPL PLE: E: MA MAPPI PPING IDEA NG IDEAS (CL (CLUSTER ERING) INTERACTIVE EXERCISES PROMPT FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS SCHOLARSHIP TRANSFER ESSAY # 1: Type and enter your dreams and aspirations. Describe the neighborhood or community you grew up in. How has it shaped your dreams and aspirations, and #2: If anything about the neighborhood or how do you intend to use your educational and community you grew up in connects to your professional goals to impact the University of Maryland and beyond? (500 words max) (U. of Maryland) dreams and aspirations, type and enter that. What are the TASKS AND TOPICS INSTRUCTIONS CONNECTIONS ASSUMPTIONS PREWRITING: M RITING: MAPP PPIN ING YOUR I IDEA EAS ( S (CLUSTE STERING) ING) CREATING THE FIRST DRAFT PREWRITING: SEQUENCING YOUR IDEAS (OUTLINING) • Writ ite s e subj bjec ect or t or topic pic phra phrase on se on pa pape per. INTRODUCTION: story from the past, connect to values PART ONE---What story will you tell about how your neighborhood or community shaped your dreams? BODY: what you are learning and doing now. • Draw Draw a a cir circle ar aroun ound that that phrase. phrase. CONCLUSION: what you plan to do in the future. PART TWO—What educational and professional goals have you formed from your dreams and aspirations? How have • Jo Jot t do down o wn other her ideas that ideas that com come t e to mind, nd, cir circle you acted on these goals so far? Your personal statement should communicate them, connec them, connect them t them to cir circles surr s surroundi nding 1. Your EXPERIENCE and INTERESTS; similar i ilar ideas. s. PART THREE—How will you use your goals to impact the 2. Your GOALS: what larger contribution you want to University of Maryland and beyond? make; 3. How you PLAN to go from where you are to where you want to be. 2

5/28/2020 ADDITIONAL TIPS FOR WRITING REVISIONS HAPPEN AT FOUR LEVELS QUESTIONS TO ASK: • Content; • Fully answer the question? • Respond to the question posed. • Express my unique story? • Don’t worry about length or grammar in first draft. • Organization; • Chronological: past to present to future? • Write in your own voice. • Be specific; avoid vague or overused phrases. • Thematic: examples illustrate theme? • Sentence structure and word choice; • Address supplemental questions. • Show the reader who I am? • Don’t restate your resume. • Refer to Transfer/Scholarship Essay Checklist • Grammar and punctuation. DIALECTICAL JOURNAL CONTENT Te Text Response Text Te Response • Highlights, key experiences. Don’t duplicate Your opening paragraph Draw the reader in with a story or information. Your opening paragraph Draw the reader in with a story or example? example? • Include concrete examples . Your second paragraph Your second paragraph Support content and flow? Support content and flow? • Avoid generalizations. Each succeeding paragraph Support content and flow? • Avoid overusing quotations or dropping names. Each succeeding paragraph Support content and flow? Your concluding paragraph Your concluding paragraph Conclude narrative? Fully answer Conclude narrative? Fully answer the question? the question? 3

5/28/2020 MORE ON CONTENT SENTENCE STRUCTURE AND WORD CHOICE INTERACTIVE EXERCISE #3 • Stay on topic ; focus on question. • Word and character limits. Type and enter a shorter version of these sentences: • Avoid slang, colloquialisms. When I Wh en I gr gradu aduated f d from om h high s gh scho hool, I ol, I kn knew th that I I was j s just • Challenges: how you met them; failures: what you • Vary length of sentences. official ally ly c completing t ting the v very f first p t part o of an ex extr trem emely l y long learned . ed educat ucation ional j l journe ney. • Humor ; be careful; perceived as sarcasm. These ese really lly gr great eat es essa says wer were c comp mple leted a d and pr d present esented b d by th the e student ents o of Effie Siegel, pr e Siegel, prof ofess essor o of E Engl glish. • Avoid religious proselytizing . Avoid political rants . Having r ng read a a to total tally aw awes esome ome b book ok on innovation by tion by Elon Musk, I I knew ew I I could b blow ev everyo yone ne's 's m minds by by announci cing my my car career ch choice of b of busi siness e entrepreneurship. . ORGANIZATION GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION STRATEGIES FOR CUTTING WORD COUNT • Unity and coherence; Read out loud. 1. Take a break! • Print out your essay; proofread several times. 2. Essay prompt: understand all parts. • Write complete sentences. • Topic sentences, unified paragraphs. 3. Paragraphs: does each one answer question? • Avoid contractions, symbols, and abbreviations. 4. Sentences: do they repeat information? • Subject-verb agreement. • Cohesion and transitions: Ideas, details flow 5. Sentences: vague generalizations? • Commas, semi-colons, colons. smoothly. 6. Sentences: passive voice? Change to active. • Trusted person: Writing Center tutor. 7. Adverbs: necessary? Cut really , very . 8. Adjectives: necessary? Cut good , bad . 9. Prepositions: necessary? 10.Progressive verbs: necessary? 11. Read essay aloud or have it read to you. 4