Lesson 12 Notes

Dear Class,
We are almost there! I am so excited to read your drafts and begin reading your final essays this week. Here are some things to keep in mind as you work through the week:
1. Starting on Monday, please work through the assignments for the week. I won't provide class-wide feedback on drafts until Tuesday evening, so you'll have some good time on Monday and Tuesday to work through everything else required this week. Specifically,

• You may click on the "short assignment" referenced on the Lesson 12 Main Page to see what you will write during the Conclusion week.
• Work through the grammar quiz slowly. I may or may not have missed a few questions because I read the options too quickly:).
• The optional punctuation reading and optional essay are wonderfully worthwhile.

2. Please review my personal draft feedback and the class-wide feedback closely, and make sure you apply the suggestions that will strengthen your work.

3. I hope you will give your essay the attention it deserves this week. Remember, this personal narrative should demonstrate a few crucial things. It will demonstrate your ability to honor a rubric and produce a mechanically clean essay. If you can honor a rubric and produce clean copy, you are well prepared for your future writing classes. Additionally, your personal narrative, if crafted carefully and prayerfully, should demonstrate one of the most important experiences in your life. It's a part of you, and a part of your history. "The angels may quote from it" and your children and grand-children will know you better for what you have written. I hope you make this essay matter.

4. Finally, this is my last reminder to email me if you would like video feedback on your final personal narrative. I will happily provide video feedback if you request it.

5. Remember that your final essay must be submitted by the deadline on Saturday, July 20th.

I am here if you need me, and I am cheering you on every step of the way.

Love,

Sister Bowen

 

 

Natalie's Feedback

Welcome to Lesson 10 email

Dear Class,

As we come into the last few weeks of this semester, I know it can be hard to stay motivated. Don’t give up now! We have come too far. Now is the time to really push through and “endure to the end."  Elder Ashton reminds, us, “To become a winner in the race for eternal life requires effort –constant work, striving, and enduring well with God’s help. But the key is that we must take it one step at a time… In our race for eternal life pain and obstacles will confront all of us…How we handle these challenges determines whether they become stumbling stones or building blocks” (If Thou Endure it Well).

I want every challenge to be a building block rather than a stumbling block. But at times, it is hard to see how to orchestrate this. A few nights ago, I cuddled with my 4-year-old daughter in bed, and asked her how on earth I was going to grade 60 essays this week. We have had company staying with us since Friday evening because my husband's grandma passed away last week and the funeral was in town. My company won't leave until this next Friday, and then we're supposed to all go up to Island Park for a  family reunion. . . and then another family reunion in Minnesota. The world on my plate feels too heavy. My daughter wrapped her arms around me and suggested, "Just grade one essay, and then th'another essay, and then th'another essay, Mommy." She's so right. We can do anything line upon line.

I wish you the best this week as you work through our Lesson 10 materials. Believe me when I say we are entering a fun final unit of class. I encourage you to jump into class now and work as hard as you can to get everything done at the start of the week.

You are in my prayers and I am cheering for you. I can feel you cheering and praying for me too.

Love,

Sister Bowen