Welcome! April 13th, 2018 Friday Do Now Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Friday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find and label the examples of figurative language. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

left the building like an animal breaking free from its crate. © Presto Plans Read the paragraph below and find examples of metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron and/or alliteration. The palm trees bowing their heads in the salty, tropical breeze and the crash of the waves on the sand brought a smile to Jennifer’s face. Although she was happy to be enjoying the perks of Hawaii, this was still very much a working holiday. Her days were spent imprisoned in a conference room with the rest of her inmate colleagues. Listening to presentations on bookkeeping and bonds with the beautiful beach outside was truly a burden. When the day ended, Jennifer left the building like an animal breaking free from its crate.

EOC Essay! Listen up, soldiers! It’s time to debrief your toughest mission yet: the EOC Essay. Get out your page that says “EOC Essay: Blended Writing” and listen very carefully. Your EOC score might depend on it.

EOC Essay! For the EOC essay, you will be given two sources to base your writing on. Sometimes the sources will be fiction, sometimes they’ll be non-fiction, and sometimes you’ll have one fiction and one non-fiction. The test will give you a prompt, and you’ll be expected to answer it in essay format, using evidence and arguments from both sources to back up your thesis.

EOC Essay! Sound familiar? In addition to standard essay expectations (spelling, grammar, transitions, word choice, flow, etc), you will also be graded on your ability to blend the three different genres of writing. Three Types of Writing: Argumentative – evidence that supports your thesis Expository – your own point of view, commentary on how evidence supports your thesis Narrative – a personal or made-up story that illustrates a point you’re trying to make. This works best in the introduction. Sound familiar?

EOC Essay! Let’s check out an example. Three Types of Writing: Argumentative – evidence that supports your thesis Expository – your own point of view, commentary on how evidence supports your thesis Narrative – a personal or made-up story that illustrates a point you’re trying to make. This works best in the introduction. Let’s check out an example. Follow along on your own paper or on the screen as we read through the prompt and then the actual essay. Keep the three types of writing in mind as we read – see how the author transitions between all three throughout the text? https://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/curr-ela-eoc- writing-resource-set-model-a.pdf

How to write your own essay Read the passages first. It will prepare you for the essay prompt. Read the essay prompt. Make sure you understand what it is asking. Reread the passages, this time looking for evidence that relates to the prompt. Develop your thesis. Begin outlining on your scratch paper: First, outline your body paragraphs. Make sure you have at least two pieces of evidence in each body paragraph and sufficient commentary. Next, outline your introduction and conclusion. Begin typing your essay. Reread your essay, checking for errors and flow.

How to write your own essay Next, let’s go over your essay outline. On your other handout, I’ve given you an outline that you can follow no matter the prompt. Let’s go over it… How to write your own essay

How to write your own essay On my website under today’s date, there is a document titled “EOC-essayprompt”. Click on it. Inside, there are two sources and an essay prompt just like you’ll find on the EOC. Your job for the rest of this class period is write an essay in response to the given prompt like you would on the EOC. Be sure to follow the steps given on your handout, as well as the outline. They will help you! Before you begin typing your essay, make sure you outline your thoughts using the handout given to you. This outline will be due by the end of class. Good luck, soldiers!