surfing with Dad essay

Clay has done a great job with this essay so far. We finished up the last body paragraph, and then reviewed the essay for grammatical and content mistakes. Clay is getting much better at recognizing the grammar issues, but still needs to work on fully developing his topics. We then shifted our focus to how to write good conclusions. Historically, these are Clay's weaker paragraphs as he's rushing to finish. I emphasized that it is just as important as the introduction, and stressed this is the time to discuss the larger themes, rather than specific details. Clay did a good job and should have a finished draft by class on Wednesday.