1. Chapter 1 Writing Prompt “IS GOVERNMENT NECESSARY?”
Structured Writing

2. Structured Writing
This is a writing strategy with prompts by the teacher that cue the student to respond
I give one prompt and/or sentence stem at a time to get students thinking and organize their thoughts
You respond to the prompts by writing in complete sentences

3. How to do it…. Let’s Begin
Any thing is RED is the sentence stem that must be written down and completed.

4. Government ,according to Magruder’s American Government book, is defined as… [complete the sentence and explain as thoroughly as you can.]

5. Government serves many functions. The first is. [explain it]
Government serves many functions. The first is.... [explain it]. The second is… [explain it]. Thirdly,… [explain it]. The fourth purpose is … [explain it]. Fifthly,… [explain it]. And lastly,… [explain it].

6. In reference to the quote by Alexander Hamilton on government, I agree because OR I disagree because

7. In conclusion,… [restate thesis]

8. Go back and underline all of the sentence stems
Closing
Go back and underline all of the sentence stems
Share with the class