1. "How did social reform advocates--the muckrakers--use writing to bring readers a direct experience of hardship, poverty, or cruelty, by immersing them directly in the world beset by social ills?" 
Select one of the Progressive Era writers and text
Nellie Bly, “Behind Asylum Bars”
Jacob Riis, from How the Other Half Lives
Theodore Dreiser, from Sister Carrie
Upton Sinclair, from The Jungle
Jane Addams, from Twenty Years at Hull House
Introduction / with Thesis Statement/Claim
Body Paragraph - Use textual evidence (paraphrased and directly quoted) to develop your thesis statement/claim.
Concluding paragraph
Proofread before submitting

2. Writing an introduction
Establish the context – Progressive Era (Use Weebly page)
Explain what the Progressive Era was / when it occurred.
Explain what writers during that time period did (generally) / prompt idea
Introduce writer – Who was Jane Addams?
Thesis Statement
author (who?) + text (which?) + focus (what?) + purpose (why?)
In her book Twenty Years at Hull House, Jane Addams describes the services offered by Hull House to show how settlement houses served the community.

3. Body Paragraph Topic Sentence
Connect the thesis statement/claim
The Hull House provided a variety of educational and social services to the people of the neighborhood.
Supporting Paragraph (use pdf of text) 4-5 sentences
Use examples from the text to “show” the points in your topic sentence.
Children and adults benefitted from the programs. School-age children were given opportunities for “initiative and independent social relationships” that they “would not have in the crowed public schools.”
Settlement houses provided many educational programs. Classes in sewing, handicraft, and manual training were offered to boys and girls. The Hull House’s “first organized undertaking was a kindergarten.”

4. Concluding Paragraph Proofread your writing and submit to Haiku.
Restate your thesis/claim
Recap your examples
Closing – how did the Progressive Era writers impact society? Go back to the prompt.
Proofread your writing and submit to Haiku.