1. Minds-On
In your groups, you must write a conclusion for your group essays on Video Games.
Let’s watch the video.
Why is the conclusion important?
Brainstorming; Inferences; Main Ideas;
Paraphrasing; Thesis; Conclusion

2. How will I write my essay?
To know the conventions/ingredients of an essay.
To understand how to write these conventions/ingredients in a group essay.
To be able to reflect on how you will organize and write your individual essay topics using the conventions/ingredients of an essay effectively.
Brainstorming; Inferences; Main Ideas;
Paraphrasing; Thesis; Conclusion

3. Brainstorming; Inferences; Main Ideas;
To know the conventions/ingredients of an essay. To understand how to write these conventions/ingredients in a group essay.
Thesis: Video games (do not) have a negative effect on youth.
As a class, let’s brainstorm some ideas about the negative effects of video games.
You will write an essay as a group. This is to help you understand how to structure an essay before you start writing one.
Thursday, we have the computer lab booked.
Brainstorming; Inferences; Main Ideas;
Paraphrasing; Thesis; Conclusion

4. Point; Evidence; Explanation;
To be able to reflect on how you will organize and write your individual essay topics using the conventions/ingredients of an essay effectively.
In your brainstorms, you must have the following:
Thesis statement
Possible hooks
Possible points (think of 3-5 points)
Possible evidence for each point (which websites may help you; any background knowledge you already know, etc.)
Explain the importance of the evidence
Before you start, let’s look through the writing frame.
You can use the writing frame when you’re writing your rough draft of your essays.
Point; Evidence; Explanation;
Link; Thesis; Hook;

7. What is the difference and similar between these citations?
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
Reference Points – pages 331 – 334 *Good information
The final page – Works Cited/Bibliography:
Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford UP, Print.

8. Brainstorming; Inferences; Main Ideas;
To be able to reflect on how you will organize and write your individual essay topics using the conventions/ingredients of an essay effectively.
Making “inferences” and finding the “main idea” when reading a text is very important.
Tomorrow, you will be starting to find research for your essay topics. Therefore, you’re going to have to find information by making inferences and find the main idea to texts.
Also, the grade 12 teachers are seeing that their students are having difficulty doing this.
Brainstorming; Inferences; Main Ideas;
Paraphrasing; Thesis; Conclusion

9. Consolidation Do you feel ok about what we have to do tomorrow?
Tomorrow will be a little difficult as most of you do not have log-ins. Please be patient with me and with the system.
I’ll give you a generic log-ins, so that you can do research at least.
Bring a USB if you have one, so you can save your work. Yahoo s don’t work very well with the TDSB.