Reflective Essay Assignment

This essay is an assessment of all you've learned about writing this year.

Now that you've done brainstorming in Inspiration, you're ready to write an essay. You will write this essay without step by step help from the teacher--you're ready to write this on your own, from organization through revison.

You're essay should

• follow the format we studied (in your notes)
• include reference to at least 3 sources
• include at least 1 quote
• focus on the lesson you've learned from studying the Holocaust.

List of sources with correct spelling and punctuation

1. One Survivor Remembers with Gerda Weissmann


2. "Holocaust Timeline" by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology


3. "Not to Go With the Others" by John Hershy


4. Night by Elie Wiesel


5. "A Special Presentation: Oprah and Elie Wiesel Visit Auschwitz Death Camp"


6. Primary Sources--refer to them by their names: An American newspaper from 1939, A Yellow star of David, A picture of Gerda used for her Ghetto Identification, A picture of identification tatoos on the arms of survivors, etc.


7. "A sister I never knew delivers an eternal Holocaust message" by Zahava Scherz


8. Your independent reading book from the LRC--should be underlined!!!

If you finish early, use these peer/editing questions to improve your essay.

• Is the thesis clearly stated in the first paragraph? In your own words, restate the thesis.
• Does the body support the thesis? Find connections between each body paragraph and the thesis.
• Are they're any places that unnecessary information is included? Cross it out.
• Are any sentences awkward or unclear? If so, give suggestions for improving them.
• Make any spelling and grammar changes necessary.
• Look for mistakes in the puctuation of titles and spellings of names.