1. Who Moved My Cheese? English 9 – Informative Essay

2. Prompt We are interested in finding out about your past, present, and future cheeses. For this writing assignment, you will analyze a major change in your life and how you reacted to it.

3. Prompt Write a cheesy essay that describes a major change in your life. Write a cheesy essay that describes a major change in your life.

4. Set Up Introduction – You will choose a “change” quote from a given list and reflect on how that quote affects you and the major change you are writing about. Body Paragraph 1 – This paragraph should describe in detail with examples what the major change was, how long it took, who was involved, where did it take place, and any other relevant details that “set the scene” for your experience. Body Paragraph 2 – This paragraph should explain in detail your reaction to the major change and how you handled it. What kind of attitude did you have? What kinds of actions did you take? Then, state whether or not you handled the change positively or negatively. Transition into what you could have done differently to handle the change more positively? Even if you think you handled the change positively the first time, what other positive ways could you have handled it?

5. Conclusion – Begin this paragraph by describing which character you are most like: Sniff, Scurry, Hem, or Haw. Briefly explain why based on your reaction to the change. We also discussed that change can lead you to new cheeses you never even knew about. What new cheese did this change lead you to? End this paragraph with a connection back to the quote you used in your introduction paragraph. Relate it to your new cheese, how you should have reacted to your change, etc.

6. It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. James Gordon, M.D. Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by. Oprah Winfrey Great quotes to use for your attention grabber!

7. Formatting! Font: Times New Roman size 12 pt. Font: Times New Roman size 12 pt. Spacing: Your heading should be single spaced and essay should be double spaced. Spacing: Your heading should be single spaced and essay should be double spaced. Heading goes in the top left hand corner of your paper and looks like this… Heading goes in the top left hand corner of your paper and looks like this… Name, 1 English 9 September 28, 2014 Your title should be centered, but is up to you. Name your essay after your specific change. Don’t forget to edit for spelling, grammar, capitalization, etc.!