Friday--Write Happiness Rough Draft

Today we will start with our Sentence Corrections (put them with other sentence corrections in your notebook)

Then we will review our vocabulary for the quiz, which I've decided to administer on Tuesday instead of today since I forgot to remind you.  This is your reminder for Tuesday!

And finally, we will write the rough drafts of our essays.  You need to bring your rough draft on Tuesday when we will share them in groups and give each other feedback.

Here are a couple of Internet sites that have ideas about happiness.  You, of course, could find hundreds if you refined your search.
Oprah: Happiness
Thich Nhat Hanh quotes
Psychology Today article: Sources of Happiness
54 Sources of Happiness

Happiness Essay
Notes            10 points
Outline          10 points
Rough draft    20 points
Typed draft    30 points
     Total:        70 points

Due dates:
Outline--Friday, February 15th
Rough draft--Tuesday, February 19th.  We will go over one another's essays to proofread, etc.
Final draft (2-3 pages typed, double-spaced)--Friday, February 22nd. Staple RD to final draft and they need to be DIFFERENT.  Revise.  REVISE

Today you are to write the rough draft of your essay on "happiness."  Follow these guidelines as well as the guidelines on the handout.

In this paper you will explain what makes people happy.  Base many of your ideas on the movie Happy.

Write an introductory paragraph that uses a hook of some sort
Write your thesis statement 
Write three paragraphs, each with a specific example, showing what makes people happy
Write an additional paragraph or two explaining what makes you happy
Write a conclusion (this might continue discussing what makes you happy and tie it in with other paragraphs)

Here's what you need to do to write a good paragraph:
1. Write a topic sentence (your idea for the paragraph).
2.