Announcements and Reminders:
The Book of the Month Assignment is coming. Select a Realistic Fiction book.
Realistic Fiction = The story could really happen.
You are able to work on your essay at home or anywhere else you have access to the Internet. Go to myaccess.com and use your school computer login user name. Your password is your student number. Use two windows when responding to teacher and other comments and helps. Pick up a yellow Skyward Scoring sheet, a white article, and your composition book. Read the article -- The question is: Should seventh graders still go trick-or-treating? Collect reasons, evidence, and rebuttal for both sides. Book orders will be sent in again when I receive more orders: GKLJW   |
Targets for Today:
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, . . . |
Today’s Agenda:
Pick up your composition books and a copy of The Outsiders.
1.
In your composition book under
CSI Sentences/Grammar. Page 83/84 +
label this CSI # 12 and add today's date -- October 27 or 30, 2017.
Copy the sentence below and label or note what you notice.
It's too late for the dog to go outside and dig up its two favorite bones. 
We worked on Thesis Statements last time.
Example of Three-Pronged Thesis Statements: Each includes a claim and three reasons to support that claim.
1. We should wear school uniforms because they would help reduce discipline, be cheaper than other clothing, and help create school pride.
2. Zoos should be banned because animals need to remain in the wild, zoos cannot provide natural experiences for animals, and animals in zoos get sick and die.
Here is one with four prongs: This one includes a claim and four reasons to support that claim.
3. Middle school sports unquestionably have a positive influence on students
because they teach social skills, reinforce time-management skills, provide
exercise. and show the benefits of hard work.
In other essays you could write a thesis sentence with a claim and two, three, four, or more reasons to support that claim. ____________________________________________________________
Practice counterarguments and rebuttals.
Claim - Counterclaim -- Rebuttal
Should teens go trick.docx Read the article to collect ideas and evidence.
In your composition book under _____________
Halloween Trick-or-Treating
Should seventh graders still go trick-or-treating?
Rules for British Debate"Some people may disagree, saying that. . . , however. . . "
A Costume That Has Caused a Stir!
Read articles, view facebook posts.
A Mighty Girl -- Halloween Costumes
4. Working on Your Essay
Open MyAccess. Open two windows and one extra tab.
 If you haven't yet, highlight your thesis sentence. Highlight the topic sentence for each body paragraph that argues one of your reasons. Before you leave, submit your writing and submit for a score. Example of a parenthetical citation:
Thomas Edison declares, “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up" (8).
_______________________________ Skyward Grading:
Outsiders Essay Scoring for Skyward – Work to master each of these areas.
Today we are working especially on these parts of your essays.
Counterclaim - Outsiders Essay
5 Outstanding -- contains one opposing argument/reason and rebuttal of that argument to create a counterclaim/rebuttal paragraph. Includes evidence (at least one quote) and explanation.
4 contains one opposing argument/reason and rebuttal of that argument to create a counterclaim/rebuttal paragraph
3 attempts to create a counterclaim/rebuttal paragraph.
Student provides a concluding paragraph
5 Outstanding = Reasoning is clear, restates claim and reasons and has a concluding sentence -- may include a call to action
4 restates claim and reasons and has a concluding sentence -- may include a call to action
1 attempts a conclusion
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Extension --
If you have mastered the introductory paragraph with the thesis sentence and have finished, revised, and edited your essay about Johnny Cade, you will select another issue for which you will write an introductory paragraph.
convincing people to contribute to worthy cause
hurricane relief, wildfire relief, flood relief, famine relief, charity basketball games at our school, or others
or convincing the appropriate individuals of the need to correct a problem in our school or community
or convincing others to understand your side of an issue.
You may do research on your topic.
You will write on MyAccess, using the prompt "Take a Position."
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The Outsiders
A1 to page 122, (page 110 nightmare) -- 20:26
A2 to page 126, (page 110 nightmare) -- 29:22 -- bottom of page, to "I was silent. . . " B5 to page 119 (page 110 nightmare) -- beginning of chapter 8 -- 15:15 B7 to page 124 (page 110 nightmare) "He was okay." 24:28 | ||||||||||||||
If You Were Absent:
See above. Work on your essay -- especially on the counterclaim/rebuttal and conclusion.
If you have extra time, go ahead and work on the other parts of your essay. Revise and carefully edit. Skyward Grading: |
When working on your essay --
Use Your Resources
Use your handouts, especially the rough draft outline.
Anytime you log into MyAccess, look for messages from Ms. Dorsey.
Do some work, then click on MyTutor and MyEditor to see what they suggest to make your essay better.
Look for and respond to messages from Ms. Dorsey.
Demo
Open two windows to look at suggestions and work on your essay.
See this model essay for the basic organization of an essay:
Summer Persuasive Essay
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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