Students turned in their mini-research (trial write up) on Monday 2/3 and will spend the rest of the week learning/refining their rhetorical analysis writing skills. On Wednesday 2/5, students will write the SAT style essay in class based on a released SAT prompt and we will use it to assess where they are and where they need to go. Students took the prompt home to prepare and read. In class today, they will draft and revise their essays. The rest of this week and next, well into our after break period, we will learn writing and feedback strategies that will help students improve their thinking, reading, and writing in this genre. If they invest well, this type of writing will also aid their reading and writing SAT scores.