Essay planning worksheet
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Essay planning worksheet
The prompt (copy it here and underline each question):
Word limit: ________ Deadline: ________ Funder cares about: ________
My story ideas (a few words each)
- A moment that made me want college: ______________________
- Something hard I got through: ______________________
- Something I did well: ______________________
- How I help others: ______________________
- What I want to study and do: ______________________
The one story I will tell: ______________________
My outline
- Opening moment: ______________________
- What happened: ______________________
- What I did: ______________________
- What I learned: ______________________
- My goals: ______________________
- How this award helps: ______________________
Sharing check
- I am comfortable with strangers reading this
- I did not share anyone else's status without permission
- Everything I wrote is true
Revision check
- Answers every part of the prompt
- Specific details, not general claims
- Sounds like me when read out loud
- Under the word limit, right scholarship name, spell checked
- Someone I trust read it
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