Steve Jobs This unit was created by the Louisiana Department of Education in partnership with LearnZillion. It includes approximately 36 days of instructional materials including classroom-ready materials, assessments, graphic organizers, and texts.

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Yesterday…. 3 What does that mean?

This helped to prepare us for TN-Ready. Yesterday…. We read a passage which we had never seen before, and then tried to answer some hard questions about it. This helped to prepare us for TN-Ready. 3

A Little More About What We Did….

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Today, We Will…. Learn some of the basics about how to write an essay about a text. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Take 5 minutes to read the article about Milton Hershey. .. Read it more than once to become very familiar. 3 And No Whining! ..

What does that even mean? How do you handle a question like this? Write a multi-paragraph essay that determines the main idea of the article and explains how the author uses the events of Hershey’s life to develop the main idea. Cite evidence from the article to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English. What does that even mean?

five claim sentence paragraph An essay contains ______ paragraphs. Write a multi-paragraph essay that determines the main idea of the article and explains how the author uses the events of Hershey’s life to develop the main idea. Cite evidence from the article to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English. five An essay contains ______ paragraphs. An essay follows the same pattern as a _______. An essay takes each __________ from the claim, and turns it into a _____________. claim sentence paragraph

Introduction Paragraph #2 Paragraph #3 Paragraph #4 Conclusion Write a multi-paragraph essay that determines the main idea of the article and explains how the author uses the events of Hershey’s life to develop the main idea. Cite evidence from the article to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English. Introduction ….. Paragraph #2 Paragraph #3 Paragraph #4 … Conclusion The main idea is….. (Give your opinion.) Explain one reason you believe this. BODY Explain a second reason you believe this. BODY Explain a third reason you believe this. Restate the introduction, using different words and phrases.

The introduction should begin with the claim statement. This is better know as the thesis statement. 3 The thesis statement is the most important sentence in the entire essay. THESIS STATEMENT = If I could summarize the entire essay in one sentence, this is what I would say?

The introduction should contain a preview of what is to come. The other sentences help to explain the thesis statement just a little more. 3 The introduction paragraph should contain three to five sentences.

EXAMPLE: The dust is making it difficult for Billie Jo and her neighbors to live happy and healthy lives. The lack of rain is causing dust storms, which is killing crops, animals, and even people. There are several passages in the novel that describe the damage that the dust is doing, and how people are suffering from it. 3 The introduction paragraph need not be long. The claim statement followed by 1 or 2 sentences that serve to summarize the argument will be fine.

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Each body paragraph should contain four to five sentences. 3 (one to two sentences) Each body paragraph should contain four to five sentences.

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3 Basically, you are repeating your intro paragraph, but saying it in a different way. Do it in three to five sentences..

EXAMPLE: The people living in the Dust Bowl area are struggling physically and financially, and their lives are often miserable. Billie Jo and her neighbors are poor, their animals are dying, and they are becoming sick and sometimes dying themselves. Surprisingly, they manage to get together and have fun by attending dances and enjoying the good weather outside when it arrives. How can they have fun when there is so much to be miserable about? 3 The conclusion paragraph need not be long. Three to five sentences will be plenty.

Compare the two! conclusion introduction The people living in the Dust Bowl area are struggling physically and financially, and their lives are often miserable. Billie Jo and her neighbors are poor, their animals are dying, and they are becoming sick and sometimes dying themselves. Surprisingly, they manage to get together and have fun by attending dances and enjoying the good weather outside when it arrives. How can they have fun when there is so much to be miserable about? The dust is making it difficult for Billie Jo and her neighbors to live happy and healthy lives. The lack of rain is causing dust storms, which is killing crops, animals, and even people. There are several passages in the novel that describe the damage that the dust is doing, and how people are suffering from it. Compare the two!

standard practices express understand Write a multi-paragraph essay that determines the main idea of the article and explains how the author uses the events of Hershey’s life to develop the main idea. Cite evidence from the article to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English. “Conventions” is just another way of referring to __________ __________ and expectations that we follow in all sorts of areas of our lives. Language conventions offer a standard (same for everyone) way to _________ ourselves, so that everyone can ___________. standard practices express understand

three There are ______ conventions of standard English. They are: Write a multi-paragraph essay that determines the main idea of the article and explains how the author uses the events of Hershey’s life to develop the main idea. Cite evidence from the article to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English. There are ______ conventions of standard English. … They are: .. SENTENCE STRUCTURE: making sure your sentences are formed properly USAGE: making sure nouns, verbs, and pronouns are used correctly PUNCTUATION: making sure commas, quotation marks, and end punctuation are used correctly three

write properly slang formal Write a multi-paragraph essay that determines the main idea of the article and explains how the author uses the events of Hershey’s life to develop the main idea. Cite evidence from the article to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English. When we are told to “observe the conventions of standard English,” it simply means to _______ ________. When hanging with friends, we often use ______, but this is not appropriate in _______ writing. write properly slang formal

Let’s Sum It Up!

You Can Do This! The Plan for Tomorrow: Write a multi-paragraph essay that determines the main idea of the article and explains how the author uses the events of Hershey’s life to develop the main idea. Cite evidence from the article to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English. You Can Do This!

In this lesson, we learned the basics of how to write an essay. Let’s Close… … In this lesson, we learned the basics of how to write an essay. Tomorrow, we will put it into action!