Community Service Reflective Essay
Standard:
2.3 Write reflective compositions:
a. Explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or
concerns by using rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, description,
exposition, persuasion).
b. Draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that
illustrate the writer's important beliefs or generalizations about life.
c. Maintain a balance in describing individual incidents and relate those
incidents to more general and abstract ideas.
Prompt:
Write a 750-word (2- to 3-page) double-spaced essay in which you reflect on and
discuss your experience doing community service. In your response, give specific
examples of memorable moments during your service and use a theme to create
unity among your ideas. Relate the significance of your experience; you may want
to address the following questions: What have you learned? How have you
changed? Also consider how community service affects the society in which you
live. Remember to use one or more of the effective writing strategies listed in part
‘a’ of the standard listed above.
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