Think of two events in your life which though very similar or different from each other had a profound impact on your life. Describe the events briefly and narrate what happened to get your readers interested and then comment in detail on how you were affected by each of these events. You may choose events that were good and bad or just good or bad. What did you learn about yourself from these events? How have they affected your personality or how you deal with situations now? Remember the focus of the essay is on the contrasting impacts of these events in your life. These events do not have to be major events, they could be minor in nature but their impact on you could be great and long lasting.

Undertake the task of pre writing for this topic.

Select your two events.

Describe them in point form.

Consider their diverse impacts on your life.

By the end of this class you should have completed your pre writing and make sure you get your sheet signed by me.

You have the week to work on your first draft. Those of you who would like to show me the first draft are free to submit it to me online and I shall hand them back to you online. I will tell you whether you are on the right track, however this is optional and you will not be penalized if you do not show me your first draft.

You need to give me Draft 1 by Tuesday, Feb 26. This will be an online submission under Assignments on ilearn. I will correct it and give it back to you by Sunday March 3, and then you will work on changing the draft according to my corrections and bring it to class on Tuesday, March 5 when we will have a peer review session. So after our class today you need to upload your first drafts of the essay in a week, by Feb 26 in an area marked out as Essay 1 under Assignments on Ilearn.

You need to exchange your second drafts with two of your classmates on Tuesday, March 5 in the