Monday August 13, 2018 (MC)Activator: Think about how many sentences you think that a ‘good’ paragraph should have. What makes a paragraph good? What are the components that a paragraph MUST have to be complete? (9th)Activator: Get our your homework from this weekend. Discuss your answers quietly with your table mates. Any themes with the animals chosen? ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1907- the first Taxi cab was driven. Write me a REMIND message telling me something that I would NEVER guess about you.

Multicultural Literature: 11 sentence paragraph How to move towards expanding your writing and readying yourself for a full essay

Why an 11 sentence paragraph? 1. It allows you to expand the ‘juiciest’ part of your writing…the part that sets you apart from everyone else that may be writing on the same topic. It lets you have enough freedom to be creative, but enough structure to know what to write and when to write it. It is the next step towards writing a 5 paragraph essay without fear!

--I can define the components of an 11 sentence paragraph --I can define the components of an 11 sentence paragraph. --I can identify the components of an 11 sentence paragraph when given an example. …what I want you to be able to do by the end of class

What IS a paragraph anyway? Paragraphs are organized by topic. The TOPIC SENTENCE in the paragraph typically gives you the topic for each paragraph. The paragraph should: Introduce a topic Provide lots of details and examples End with a clincher or summary statement to ‘round out’ the topic for each paragraph.

Different types of sentences within a paragraph… LEVEL 1 (Controlling Sentence)– Names and controls the topic LEVEL 2 (Clarifying Sentence)- Makes the topic a bit more clear. LEVEL 3 (Completing Sentence)- adds specific details Example: Sunday is my favorite day of the week. It is usually relaxing, slower paced, and more family oriented than the other six days. Sleeping in and letting the warm rays of the sun wake me- as opposed to my alarm- is always a treat. Secretly, lounging in bed until late morning and binge-watching Netflix shows is a welcome indulgence. Because I have less on my agenda with a break in work and sports activities, it is the one day of the week where slowing down and simply enjoying the day is a viable option. Though it signals the end of my weekend and the rapid approach of my work day, Sunday is a welcome and relaxing part of my week.

Now you try it! Write me an example of each sentence type! Tell me what YOUR favorite day of the week is! LEVEL 1 (Controlling Sentence)– Names and controls the topic LEVEL 2 (Clarifying Sentence)- Makes the topic a bit more clear. LEVEL 3 (Completing Sentence)- adds specific details

Now, let’s take it a step further… Topic Sentence: States the main idea of the Paragraph; must contain a controlling idea ; should intrigue the reader and make them wonder.​ ​ 2. Major Support Sentences: Provide reasons “Why?” or “Because”  (These are the reasons why you think what you think.)​ 3. Minor Support Sentences: Provide concrete examples from the text, as well as explanation for the evidence.  (How does the evidence support your reasoning?)​ 4. Concluding Sentences (a.k.a. “Clincher”): Re-emphasizes the main idea now that concrete evidence has been introduced and explained. ​ Also important: Transitions are used to move from one major support to another.​

Can you identify the sentence types in our paragraph from before Can you identify the sentence types in our paragraph from before? Where’s the topic sentence? Sunday is my favorite day of the week. It is usually relaxing, slower paced, and more family oriented than the other six days. Sleeping in and letting the warm rays of the sun wake me- as opposed to my alarm- is always a treat. Secretly, lounging in bed until late morning and binge-watching Netflix shows is a welcome indulgence. Because I have less on my agenda with a break in work and sports activities, it is the one day of the week where slowing down and simply enjoying the day is a viable option. Though it signals the end of my weekend and the rapid approach of my work day, Sunday is a welcome and relaxing part of my week.

Topic Sentence! Sunday is my favorite day of the week. It is usually relaxing, slower paced, and more family oriented than the other six days. Sleeping in and letting the warm rays of the sun wake me- as opposed to my alarm- is always a treat. Secretly, lounging in bed until late morning and binge-watching Netflix shows is a welcome indulgence. Because I have less on my agenda with a break in work and sports activities, it is the one day of the week where slowing down and simply enjoying the day is a viable option. Though it signals the end of my weekend and the rapid approach of my work day, Sunday is a welcome and relaxing part of my week.

Major Support Sentence! Sunday is my favorite day of the week. It is usually relaxing, slower paced, and more family oriented than the other six days. Sleeping in and letting the warm rays of the sun wake me- as opposed to my alarm- is always a treat. Secretly, lounging in bed until late morning and binge-watching Netflix shows is a welcome indulgence. Because I have less on my agenda with a break in work and sports activities, it is the one day of the week where slowing down and simply enjoying the day is a viable option. Though it signals the end of my weekend and the rapid approach of my work day, Sunday is a welcome and relaxing part of my week.

Minor Support Sentences! Sunday is my favorite day of the week. It is usually relaxing, slower paced, and more family oriented than the other six days. Sleeping in and letting the warm rays of the sun wake me- as opposed to my alarm- is always a treat. Secretly, lounging in bed until late morning and binge-watching Netflix shows is a welcome indulgence. Because I have less on my agenda with a break in work and sports activities, it is the one day of the week where slowing down and simply enjoying the day is a viable option. Though it signals the end of my weekend and the rapid approach of my work day, Sunday is a welcome and relaxing part of my week.

Concluding Sentences! Sunday is my favorite day of the week. It is usually relaxing, slower paced, and more family oriented than the other six days. Sleeping in and letting the warm rays of the sun wake me- as opposed to my alarm- is always a treat. Secretly, lounging in bed until late morning and binge-watching Netflix shows is a welcome indulgence. Because I have less on my agenda with a break in work and sports activities, it is the one day of the week where slowing down and simply enjoying the day is a viable option. Though it signals the end of my weekend and the rapid approach of my work day, Sunday is a welcome and relaxing part of my week.

But now we need to expand it to 11 sentences!

Structure of the 11 sentence paragraph Topic Sentence (1)​ Major Support Sentence  (2)​ Minor Support Sentence (Evidence) (3)​ Minor Support Sentence (Explanation)  (4)​ Major Support Sentence  (5)​ Minor Support Sentence (Evidence) (6)​ Minor Support Sentence (Explanation)  (7)​ Major Support Sentence  (8)​ Minor Support Sentence (Evidence) (9)​ Minor Support Sentence(Explanation) (10)​ Concluding Sentence (11)