College Essay Topics for Groups Sept 8-16

  1. What have you undertaken or done on your own in the last year or two that has nothing to do with academic work? (Northwestern)

2. Imagine that you have the opportunity to travel back through time. At what point in history would you like to stop and why? (Swarthmore)


Write an essay of about 3 double-spaced typed pages: it graded as Draft #1.  Bring your print-out to class on Tuesday, September 20.  Sadly, Mr. Hedges may not be in class that day- he has a meeting at the Brooklyn Museum.  But that should not slow you down!  Share you work in your groups and bring Draft #2 to class on Thursday for Share-outs and extra credits.  I will post four more College Essays for you at that time.  Email your work to coursesmrhedges2011@gmail.com  Write some awesome and independent work- Shout out to Stanley and Wayloon for their early submissions!

Newcomers or Make-uppers:

Warm-up #5
 

1. You are about to write your future college roommate a letter. Please provide the roommate with a personal story that will give him/her some insight into your personality.

Warm up #4 (Tune into your inside voice)

Brent told a joke.  Only one of the five people in the room thought it was funny, then another and another, up to five, though each one reacted differently.  Describe the reactions of all five people and describe what Brent thought as each person reacted.

Warm up #3

Write a paragraph about a cat attacking something, but don’t use the words hiss, scratch, or pounce.

 

Warm up #2

A bad dude in a cowboy hat is walking into the saloon in a bad Western movie.  He’s looking dangerous and mad.  Tell what happens, creating a happy ending.

 

Warm up #1 Write a paragraph about a girl named Dot, but use no letters with dots (i, j)