College Essay - How to Write a Personal Statement Lesson - College Readiness
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Get this college readiness lesson on how to write a personal statement (or college application essay) for the Common App! This Google Slides presentation explains what a personal statement is and offers tips and strategies for writing a personal statement using the writing process. Graphic organizers, a link to sample essays, and a link to an interactive Google Slides rubric/scoring guide are included on the slides!
⭐️ Updated with 2023-24 Common App prompts!
⭐️ This is a complete lesson (similar to a Hyperdoc) that covers all stages of the learning cycle and can be used with distance learning, face-to-face instruction, OR a blended, hybrid, or flipped learning approach in an English language arts, AVID, or advisory class. Counselors can also use this slides presentation to give a talk to a large group of students or help students one-on-one or in small groups.
⭐️ The time it takes for the entire lesson will vary depending on how much discussion and other extension activities you include. You and/or your students can get through the “Learn” part of the lesson in one class, but the “Extend” part (pre-writing, writing, revising, and editing the essay) may take one to three weeks to take students through each step of the writing process. I would plan on at least three weeks if your students are getting ready to submit college applications to competitive schools. Please be sure to read the “Suggestions for Use” below!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The Common App essay may also be used with other college and scholarship applications, although students may need to make a few adjustments (e.g., word count) depending on the prompt and directions.
⭐️ If you would like to also give students a checklist to use, then get this bundle that includes both this Google Slides lesson and an interactive Google Slides checklist, as well as a PDF copy of the rubric/scoring guide! The checklist can also be used as a peer feedback form!
This lesson has it all:
-Explicit instruction
-21st century skills
-Multi-modalities
-Hands-on learning
-Differentiation
-Scaffolding
-Higher levels of questioning
-Real-life connection
-Student choice
SUGGESTIONS FOR USE:
1. Present the slides in a face-to-face lecture OR through a video conference lecture by sharing your screen. To make your presentation more interactive and engaging (and less of a teacher-centered lecture), be sure to have students answer the questions and share their answers at the beginning of the presentation (see ideas for sharing below), stop to check comprehension, use peer teaching, and clarify or explain anything as needed.
2. OR, you can just send the slides to your students by email or Google Classroom to work on independently or in small groups and type their answers on the slides (make sure you make a copy for each student in Google Classroom or email them a force copy.
3. Do some kind of combination of #1 and 2, which is what I would recommend. You may also want to work one-on-one with some students and let others work independently.
4. Follow the included lesson plan.
TIP: I suggest encouraging your students to try several drafts on different topics and then choose the best one. They may also need to be reminded of the word minimum and limit for the Common App personal statement (250-650 words).
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