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Editor's Notes
- #5 Review
- #9 I’ll read through the standards that will be scored, highlighting the underlined portions.
- #11 A triangle because an introduction should begin broad and “narrow” to the writer’s main point (thesis). 1. Ask students to list strategies for “hooking” their audience.
- #12 Review
- #14 For more advanced students, point out that points can sometimes overlap paragraphs so ORGANIZATION is key.
- #16 Talk to students about who is discussed in each body paragraph. It’s probably important to point out that this sort of a thesis statement won’t work with their story.
- #22 Discuss “plopping”: there is no introduction to the quote, no background information, and while the quote is relevant, it is “plopped”. Let students know that what’s written isn’t an example of a full paragraph, there would be more.
- #23 Ask students what the different colors mean (blue=topic sentence, red=commentary, mustard=textual evidence). Emphasize how much is commentary/their own thoughts and explanation.
- #31 It doesn’t matter what organizational structure they use, as long as they use one. Point out that the web doesn’t include a place for the intro or conclusion but they’ll need one.
- #33 When all students have finished the quiz, go through the statements. All of the answers are True. These are important things to remember.
- #34 I’ll step them through this slide one at a time, and then leave it up on the screen for the rest of the period. Homework: I’m hoping that most are finished by the end of the period; however, they can finish at home if they aren’t. The story can be found by Googling “Just Lather That’s All Full Text” if they need to access it at home.
- #36 Remind students to save in their network files.
- #37 Read this step by step to them.