Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Writing body paragraphs

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to plan and write our first body paragraph.

Reading: You should finish your book by Friday.


Agenda:

  1. Plan our first body paragraph PAPER
    1. Choose quotes to provide evidence for your first reason why it makes sense for Atticus to Take a Stand.
      1. Atticus quotes
      2. TKAM PDF
    2. Explain how this evidence supports the reason
  2. Write your first body paragraph.
    1. Make sure you have a topic sentence (Reason #1) at the beginning of the paragraph.
    2. Make sure you use the quote sandwich method when including your quote in the paragraph.

Homework:
1. Make sure you finish your book by Friday. No vocabulary tonight. Enjoy the night off!

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Beginning our essay

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to write the introduction to your essay.

Reading: You should be done with your book by Friday.


Agenda:
  1. NoRedInk (6 minutes) - Writing a good HOOK. Email me if you were not here and need the class code.
  2. Write the introduction to your essay. We will use the model essay as our guide.
  3. Submit your introduction to Peergrade to receive feedback.
    1. Peergrade.io
  4. Begin writing your first body paragraph.
Homework:
1. No vocabulary this week. Make sure you read your book!