Directions: The school year has already started and you missed the chance to experience the excitement in going to the first day of school because we are not allowed to go on face to face with our teacher and classmates due to this pandemic. I suppose.
Assessment
today is your first day of school
. Write a diary about it by
expressing your thoughts and feelings.

i love cake

and don't hate

i know i'm fat

but what's wrong with that

i cant rap

but im sure ya know that

its just for fun

so quit hatin' son

~courtney

as you read the passage below, consider how dana gioia uses

evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

explanation: