Grade 8 - Reflective Essay

Back to School
While you are on your way to school for the new academic year, your mind
was full of the following thoughts:
1. The biggest thing you struggled with last school year, and how do you
plan on improving on this issue this year.
2. Do you want to make new friends in the new school term? How would
you go about making friends? List a few points to help you or someone
else.
3. How do you feel about going back to school? What are your top 5 fears
and what 5 things are you excited about?
4. How would you better organise your time this school year, so you can
complete all your assignments on time and have time to do things you
enjoy?
5. What was the best thing that happened to year last school year?
Describe this moment in detail.

Choose any 3 (Use all if you want to) of the above mentioned ‘thoughts’ and
write an essay describing your expectations, fears, hopes etc. for the coming
academic year. Ensure that you follow the 6+1 writing rubric.