Monday 2 April 2018: Objective: I can discuss the parts of an essay. I can paraphrase the main idea about paragraphs.

Bellwork Take out two pieces of paper. On both pages, put your name and period number. On one paper, letter it A-J in one column, without skipping lines. For each question, write a number 1-5 depending on the scale, what your response is to each question. 1= Huh? What’s that? 2= I know what it is, but not how to do it. 3= I know what it is, and kind of know how to do it. 4= I know what it is, and know how to do it with a little help. 5= I’ve got this! I know what it is, and how to do it, without help.

A: I have a full understanding on how to write an essay. B: I have a full understanding what a thesis is. C: I have a full understanding on how to support my thesis. D: I have a full understanding on how to support my topic sentences. E: I have a full understanding of what a topic sentence is. F: I have a full understand of what a concrete detail is. G: I have a full understanding on how to discuss my concrete details. H: I have a full understanding on what a transition is. I: I have a full understanding on how to outline an essay. J: I have a full understanding on how to use quotes in my essay. 1= Huh? What’s that? 2= I know what it is, but not how to do it. 3= I know what it is, and kind of know how to do it. 4= I know what it is, and know how to do it with a little help. 5= I’ve got this! I know what it is, and how to do it, without help.

Goals! At the top of each page, write out a goal that you have for writing! It can be anything that you want, as long as it applies to writing. Examples: I want to focus and complete an essay, on time. I want my essay to be perfect. I want to write a perfect essay. I want to have perfect quotes. I want to understand how to write an essay. I want to get at least a “B” on my essay.

With your groups!.... Discuss the parts of an essay What goes in an essay How many paragraphs How many concrete details per body paragraphs What goes in a proper citation What’s an embedded quote Anything else you can think of!

Take out the second piece of paper!!!!

What is that? Content and Development- What is in your essay (What words you are using to get your point across). How it flows together (How you are putting the words together). The organization of the essay. Example: Swam across the ocean is what he did. He swam across the ocean. Mechanics and Conventions- Editing! Punctuation, grammar, correct usage of words. Example:She loved when she went to there house. She loved to go to their house.

What is that? There Their They’re To Too Two Shows ownership 2 They are Also Shows placement, direction toward a point, person, place, or thing. in, at, or to that place or position. There Their They’re To Too Two

Punctuation ! = You’re yelling . = End of a sentence or statement , = Use before any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet), After a dependent clause that starts a sentence, separate items in a series, introductory adverbs, quotes, dates, addresses, after yes or no. ( ) = enclose information “ “= taking information that’s not yours and using it in your essay.

Capitalization CAPITALIZE THE PRONOUN “I” Your own name and anyone else’s name Historical Periods & Events. If you have World War 2 change it to World War II. Or Second World War. Countries, Languages & Nationalities Geographical place names Months, Days of the Week Brand names, people’s titles, place names, buildings and monuments, religious terms, organizations and companies.

Let’s Do This: Groups & Together Yes i will go to the store for you! Do, you, want me to pick up some apple! Their at the store because she exclaimed i hate bananas and want apples. They went too the produce section. Their going to the deli section to. How many apples do you want. To please

Content and Development Use transition words to help move your ideas from one word to another. Use your thesis to guide which order your body paragraphs go in. Ask yourself “Is this important information to know?” If the answer is yes, then keep it. If it is no, then delete it. Ask yourself who, what, where, when, why, how. As in, ask yourself one of the words about your paragraph, if you’re able to answer the question without reading, than add more.

Let’s Do This: Group & Together Rewrite so it flows: I will go to the store to buy apples. I’m looking for apples that are green. Green apples are the best apples. I like apples. Green apples are good when they are a dark green color. If you are writing an essay about how to tell if apples are good or not, is the above information important? Come up with a least two questions (by using the question words) that you can ask to make the paragraph longer.

Exit Ticket Keep your notes for tomorrow. Answer the following questions on your bellwork page. What is something that you need more clarification about when it comes to writing? How do you feel about essay writing? Turn in the bellwork page before you leave.