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Hello: Take out your green paper with your pre-write and graphic organizer. Monday, February 6, 2017 Agenda: Continue work on your rough draft Lined paper Double spaced Homework: Take 15-20 minute to continue work on your rough draft. Rough draft needs to be done walking into the room on Wednesday. Standards:8.2 Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government. 8.3.7 Understand the functions and responsibilities of freedom of speech Learning Goal: Use today to work on answering the essential question using logical thinking and cited evidence.

Introduction Hook Background information on the topic Thesis 3-pronged preview

Essential Question: Does the Constitution create a more perfect union?

CREATING A THESIS STATEMENT "An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided (Stolley)." Other things to consider according to Purdue Owl:Tips for Writing Your Thesis Statement Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be supported with specific evidence. The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper. Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.

PEER CHECK Are they answering the essential question: Does the Constitution create a more perfect union? Is your statement concise? Are they attaching their answer with a reason WHY? Will they be able to support this statement with evidence?

Hello: Take out your rough draft Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Agenda: Editing Circle Get a second editing sheet to have parents read over your essay REMINDER ESSAY IS DUE AT THE END OF FRIDAY. Standards:8.2 Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government. 8.3.7 Understand the functions and responsibilities of freedom of speech Learning Goal: To practice editing papers in order to produce the best final draft as possible.

Round 1: Highlight all of the vocabulary Government Republic Constitution Bill of Rights Federal System (Federalism) Federal Powers State Powers Popular Sovereignty Dual Sovereignty Branches of Government (legislative, executive, judicial) Separation of powers Checks and balances Amendment President Supreme Court Senate House of Representatives The Preamble Individual rights Majority rule Ratification Elections Judicial Review Due process Double jeopardy Bill Bicameral Veto Impeach Separation of Church and State Freedom of Press Self-incrimination Interstate commerce Interest groups Political parties

Round 2: Introduction Does the paper use a hook (method of grabbing the reader's attention)? What is the thesis statement? Is it a judgement NOT just a fact? Does it include a topic? Does it include a clear criteria that the judgement is based around? 3. Does the writer provide enough background information about their given topic for the reader to understand the topic? 4. Is there a three-pronged preview provided (the claims)? Can you tell what the rest of the paper will be about? Does the writer acknowledge other arguments?

Round 3: Body Paragraph 1 Does each body paragraph have a topic sentence that meet the following requirements: Logical thinking connecting the reason back to the thesis Identify what the main idea of that given paragraph will be 2. Does the paragraph include CITED evidence/concrete detail that is connected back to the thesis statement using logical thinking? 3.Does the writer use in-text citation?

Round 4: Body Paragraph 2 Does each body paragraph have a topic sentence that meet the following requirements: Logical thinking connecting the reason back to the thesis Identify what the main idea of that given paragraph will be 2. Does the paragraph include CITED evidence/concrete detail that is connected back to the thesis statement using logical thinking? 3.Does the writer use in-text citation?

Round 5: Body Paragraph 3 Does each body paragraph have a topic sentence that meet the following requirements: Logical thinking connecting the reason back to the thesis’ counter argument Identify what the main idea of that given paragraph will be 2. Does the paragraph include CITED evidence/concrete detail that is connected back to the thesis statement’s counter argument using logical thinking? 3.Does the writer use in-text citation?

Does the paper leave the reader something to think about? Round 6: Conclusion Does the paper review the thesis, why the paper is important, and the reasons that support it? Does the paper leave the reader something to think about?

Hello: Take out your rough draft and your Chromebooks Thursday, February 9, 2017 Agenda: Work day on typing your final draft Discuss due date for paper. Standards:8.2 Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government. 8.3.7 Understand the functions and responsibilities of freedom of speech Learning Goal: To practice editing papers in order to produce the best final draft as possible.

MLA format while typing One-inch page margins. Double-spaced paragraphs. Times New Roman, size 12. A header with author's last name and page number one-half inch from the top of each page. Name of author, name of teacher, title of course, date of paper on the first page of the paper.

Color-code THESIS, 3 pronged preview, and TOPIC SENTENCES Cited evidence (or concrete detail) Logical thinking (commentary) Vocabulary

Noticing the pattern Students that did well had a pattern in their text-coding Blue line than green line, blue line than green line...repeat Logical thinking than evidence, logical thinking than evidence…..repeat Vocabulary throughout the paragraph

Hello: Last work day on the essay. Friday, February 10, 2017 Agenda: FINAL WORK TIME Finished? Check over using Ms. Bronicki’s rubric REMINDER LEVEL A+ IS DUE THIS MONDAY Standards:8.2 Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government. 8.3.7 Understand the functions and responsibilities of freedom of speech Learning Goal: To turn-in a completed 5 paragraph essay.