Conner, this was a great essay! Your opening and body paragraph had a quick start and conveyed your points with clarity which contributed to my understanding of your writing. Your writing beautifully conveys the power and importance of imagination in the great story. Your essay transitions were smooth too, which all contributed to the success of your essay, great job!

Finely this was a great narrative essay on your traditions of Christmas! Throughout your writing, it was very relatable which added to the power of the piece! I especially liked it when you said that “they might change a little through the years but the spirit behind them never will.” This was a great closing to your piece! Great job finely this was very interesting to read and learn about your Christmas tradition.

Well done Elliott I can tell the amount of time you contributed to writing this great essay. One recommendation of mine is to add a clear introduction of what your themes are in your opening paragraph instead of mentioning that there are themes. Besides that, this was very well written and I enjoyed reading it because of your interesting points like when you said the story “had no distinct plot, but was instead a series of memories that he spliced together.” Great job Elliot you undeniably created a well written literary analysis essay!

Well done Sam this was a very well written and informative literary analysis. I loved reading your interpretation of the theme of imagination. Throughout your piece, I loved your points of mischief, imagination, and the unexpected happening throughout the book. Your essay was backed up with evidence and clarity which contributed tho the success of the essay. Also, I loved how through your piece you mentioned muscular verbs to back io your piece. Great job Sam this was a pleasure to read!

Great essay Fitz! I loved how you provided great points about the importance of journaling. What I thought was even more powerful was how journaling has played a role and your life. One of the best aspects of your writing was your conclusions of your paragraphs which I personally loved especially your second to last paragraphs conclusion. Well done!

Sam you had a great humorous opening which is great. I liked how you said a community can be a lot of things like it can “be a fellowship, like a group of friends.” Your piece was very powerful and expressed its ideas with detail that brought me personally into your writing. Well done Sam this was a pleasure to read!

Well done Elliot, I can tell you worked very hard on this. This piece was very relatable and i too last year wished I had realized like you had said in your writing that I can have fun with everyone. I really liked how you summed up your piece with a heartfelt conclusion about the ninth grade and how the coming year will be a great year! This was a pleasure to read great job!

Well written finely! This piece was very relatable and could keep your attention at all times. I really liked how you said that “there is a place that everyone has that they have a lot of really good memories from” and I completely agree. This piece made me think about some of my experiences which I thought was a great aspect of your writing style in this piece. Great job creating the essence of community, the power of place, and the value of stewardship into a beautifully crafted journal entry!