1. Personal Philosophy Essay
Level 12 World Literature
Ms. Gronholz
Possible Worlds: Philosophy and
Dystopian Literature

2. Why Does It Matter?
• Something old:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/damon_h
orowitz_philosophy_in_prison.html
• Something new:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/michael_s
andel_what_s_the_right_thing_to_do.html

3. The Writing Process
Choose a prompt Generate your ideas Plan your writing
Write your draft
Edit, using the Revise, using your
online paper grader group to help you • Type or write by hand
• Focus on ideas and
tool complete a 3-2-1 organization
Type your final draft
Reflect on your
and submit it to
teacher’s feedback
EdModo by 3/16!

4. Choose a
prompt
• The nature of morality (How do we
know the difference between right and
wrong?)
• The role of the government
• Euthanasia
• Animal rights
• Racial profiling
• Capital punishment

5. Generate your
ideas
• Review articles
• Consider novel’s themes
• Discuss ideas with group
• Look at guest lecturer notes

6. Plan your
writing
• Write a thesis (your opinion on the
prompt topic you chose)
• Use PEAL for body paragraphs
• Point = main idea
• Evidence = reasons and examples
• Analysis = arguments
• Link = connection to thesis

7. Write your draft
Revise, using your Edit, using the
• Type or write by hand
group to help you online paper grader
• Focus on ideas and
organization complete a 3-2-1 tool
• Get as much feedback as you can
• Family members
• Teachers
• Paper copy
• Draft on EdModo
• Lit circle group
• Writers workshop / 3-2-1
• Paper Rater (link through EdModo
library)

8. Type your final
draft and submit it
to EdModo by
3/16!
Turn in!