1. Tuesday, January 17, 2017: Grab your Journal!
WELCOME BACK, PEEPS!
Update your Falcon Facilitator.
Read the Language Objective and Essential Question, and BE READY with a smart response WHEN I call on you.
Think: What is a 3-prong thesis statement? Again BE READY when I call on you!

2. Lead/Hook
Conclusion/Truism
Reason/Example 1
Reason/Example 2
Reason/Example 3

3. Wednesday, January 18, 2017: GRAB YOUR JOURNAL!
1. Recall the prompt you chose last week:
    - If you could be any age in life, what would it be?      - Which is better: to be younger, to be older, or to enjoy life at the age you are right now?      - Why is it important not to rush through life? 
2. Think of reasons to support the thesis/prompt you chose. For example, if you think it’s better to be older, some of your reasons may be:
You can make your own choices
More responsibilities that give a feeling of achievement
Better idea of where you’re going in life
Some of you have already begun brainstorming on your sketchnotes. You may use this too!

4. THESIS STATEMENT: It is better to be older because…
Make your own choices
You have your own responsibilities
THESIS STATEMENT: It is better to be older because…
You pretty much know where
you are going in your life
More independence
You don’t have to rely on
someone else to take care of you
Better relationship with parents

5. ?
Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to explain, describe, give information, or inform.

7. Go to the Kernal Essay you made yesterday in your journals.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Go to the Kernal Essay you made yesterday in your journals.
Did you write “HELPS ME” down the side? We will talk about what those letters stand for.
If you weren’t here yesterday, remind me so I can help you!

9. Think-aloud: Creating a kernel essay Writing it into body paragraphs
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Think-aloud:
Creating a kernel essay
Writing it into body paragraphs

10. NOTES FOR FUTURE ESSAYS: 2-PARAGRAPH V. 3-PARAGRAPH ESSAYS
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
NOTES FOR FUTURE ESSAYS:
2-PARAGRAPH V. 3-PARAGRAPH ESSAYS

11. 3-PRONG THESIS STATEMENT
If you could be any age in life, what would it be?
Which is better: to be
younger, to be older, or to
enjoy life at the
age you are right now?
Why is it important not
to rush through life? 

12. Lead/Hook
Reason/Example 1
Reason/Example 2
Reason/Example 3
Conclusion/Truism

13. TWO-PARAGRAPH ESSAY
Use this kernel essay with the “What I Think” thesis statement
Good for compare-
Contrast essay

14. Write an essay explaining whether it is more beneficial to watch television/movie or read a book.”

17. Use your imagination more
College Ready
THESIS STATEMENT: Reading a book is more beneficial than watching television or a movie because…
Improves vocabulary
Go at your own pace
More detail in books
More fluent reader

18. you structure your paper.
THESIS STATEMENT: Reading a book is more beneficial than watching television or a movie because…
Books take you through a personal journey in your mind. They paint a high definition picture of the action taking place and the setting where the characters thrive. Reading a book is like a hurricane, unpredictable and powerful. Reading a book is more beneficial than watching a movie because it prepares one for the future and creates a vivid imagination.
1 Prepares you for the future
2. Create a vivid imagination
Notice that
a kernal is
just a skeleton
of your paper. You
Will include
more details in
Your rough draft. This
is written to help
you structure your paper.
Things to notice:
Reading prepares you for the future. nowadays, it seems many teenagers would rather spend two hours watching a movie than two days reading a book. What they might not understand are the true benefits that can be gained in those two days.
-College Example
-Personal Experience
Explanation/Clarify
Topic sentences
Transitions
Truism
Personal Experience
Simile/comparison
Reading creates a more vivid imagination. In the same way reading benefits your future self, it benefits your creativity.
-Reading opens the door to your imagination
- Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole
Movie example/
It is far more beneficial to read a book than to watch a movie. Reading enriches the
mind. It is a powerful practice that not only prepares you for the future, but enhances
the experiences of your imagination.

19. Hints about reason 1 & 2 LEAD/THESIS What I think… Reason #1
Conclusion /Truism
LEAD/THESIS
What I think…
Reason #1
Reason # 2