Announcements and Reminders for
Pick up your composition book and a copy of The Outsiders.
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Targets for Today:
I can read (and listen to) a variety of pieces of literature. I can write, revise, and edit an argument essay, showing that I can successfully create all the needed parts and pieces for an effective argument essay. See Vocabulary below. |
Today’s Agenda:
Pick up your composition book and a copy of The Outsiders.
1. Listen to and read along with The Outsiders.
The Outsiders -- today
A1 from (155) 21:08, page 170 at the top. A2 from " 155" 23:15 page 171, 2nd paragraph down B5 from "155" 11:09, page 163, "But I couldn't have cared less. . . " B7 from Outsiders, Chapter 9, cut off beginning, 25:58 , page 146 "only a dim realization of where I was going and why." Our First Class Novel: The Outsiders  2. Editing Mini-Lesson SMILES [Use your SMILES to Edit Your Work.] Sentences -- Make sure each sentence has a subject and an action. Marks -- End each sentence with a punctuation mark. Use commas, quotation marks, semi-colons, and colons correctly. Indents -- Indent each new paragraph. Letters -- Start each sentence with a capital letter. Use capital letters on proper nouns and proper adjectives. Editor -- Use any editing program available, and also check your own spelling, etc. (Spelling -- Double-check for the words you tend to misspell.) Some Editing Hints for This Essay: Sentences -- Although Johnny had both his parents. His parents were cruel to him. Marks -- Do not use exclamation marks unless they are in a quote from the book. Indents -- Do it, even if it does not seem to show up on MyAccess. Letters -- Capitalize and correctly spell Socs, Greasers, characters' names. Editor -- spelling, etc. edit for pronoun reference " Bob was going to beat up Johnny again and he killed him." Who killed whom? Other Spelling -- Where -were, There-they're-their For this essay, do not use contractions.
3. To Do a Peer Edit
4. Then do your own editing.
Remember that your peer editor can be very helpful, but may also sometimes be wrong. Make your best decisions for your own essay.
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If You Were Absent:
See above. Work on your essay, responding to the comments and suggestions you have been given. Also make sure your essay meets all the requirements on the yellow "Outsiders Essay Scoring for Skyward" sheet.
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Vocabulary:
Argument Writing: •A type of writing that states a position on a topic and defends it
Hook: •A sentence or sentences that will engage your reader – get their attention
l Claim/Thesis: •A sentence that states your position and includes your main reasons
Introduction: •The first paragraph of an essay
Topic Sentence: •The sentence near the beginning of the paragraph that states the central idea of the paragraph
Background Information: •The information the reader needs to understand a topic and why it is being discussed
Body Paragraph: •A paragraph that comes between the introduction and the conclusion
Transitions: Words or groups of words that connect ideas and show relationships
Formal Style: Writing that does not include contractions or the pronouns "you" or "I"
Reasons: Logical main points to support a claim
Evidence: Facts, examples, statistics, etc. that support a claim
Explanation: explains the evidence and shows how it supports your reasons/claim
Counterclaim/Opposing Claim: an opposing argument; something the other side would say
Rebuttal: proving why a counterclaim (opposing claim) is wrong using reasons and evidence
Conventions: correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
Citation: giving the source of the evidence
Conclusion: sums up the main point of the whole essay
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