Evaluative Writing - Due 9/27 or 9/28

Evaluative Writing
Through the Tunnel

Copy and answer the questions in complete sentences.

1. What does Jerry risk when he devotes his whole vacation to rigorous training?
2. What does Jerry gain when he devotes his whole vacation to rigorous training?
3. What does Jerry risk when he doesn’t tell his mother what he does every day at the rocks?
4. What does Jerry gain when he doesn’t tell his mother what he does every day at the rocks?
5. What does Jerry risk when he swims through the tunnel, instead of waiting until next year?
6. What does Jerry gain when he swims through the tunnel, instead of waiting until next year?
7. What other things does Jerry risk?
8. What other things does Jerry gain?

Now write a 5 paragraph essay that answers the following question:
Do you think that Jerry’s accomplishment of swimming through the tunnel was worth the risk?