Composition Schedule
1) Sara’s Journey, an analytical essay on Bread Givers
Assigned 9/22, due Friday, 10/2. 700 words.
2) The Ideal, a persuasive essay
Assigned 10/23, due Monday, 11/2. 750 words.
3) The Lesson, an analytical on A Lesson Before Dying based on the MCAS Long
Composition. Assigned 10/16, due Wednesday, 11/25. 750 words.
4) Elements of Poetry, an analytical essay/close reading of three poems of your choice
from a class packet presented on 12/3. Assigned 12/7, due 12/22. 800 words.
5) Becoming a Person or Struggle for Justice, an analytical essay using the literature of
the first semester. Assigned 1/19, completed during exam, 1/26. 750 words.
6) Black Boy MCAS Long Composition practice essay.
Completed in-class 2/11, 2/12. 750 words.
7) Short story analysis. Assigned on 3/1 due 3/9. 800 words.
8) MCAS Long Composition completed in school on March 23rd.
9) I Remember, a personal narrative detailing a learning episode.
Assigned 3/29, due Thursday, 4/5. 750 words.
10) 1984 analytical essay on a topic of your own design.
Assigned 4/12, due Friday, 4/30, by 11 pm. 800 words.
11) Analytical essay of your own design tracing a motif through works of literature from
the second semester, or, Persuasive essay on Rule of the Bone.
Assigned 6/7, completed in class during final exam.
In-class compositions, a partial list
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Learning letter, a personal educational profile
Underneath the Bed, a descriptive composition of personal space
Memorable Meal, a descriptive composition
Element of Surprise
Man of twists and turns, is Odysseus’s epithet appropriate?
Reb Smolinsky’s point of view
Various SAT essay prompts
Mix tape, a descriptive composition
Literal and symbolic meaning in literature