Learning Goals
At the close of the Personal Statements workshop, students will be able to:
- Support the claims in their personal statements with evidence
- Explain the difference between narrative and technical personal statements
- Determine genre using close-reading and context clues
- Write a first draft
Workshop materials
- Lesson plan PDF (with printable handouts)
- Lesson plan slides (with embedded handouts)

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