1. Develop and Put Meat into your paper! Limited to Basic- Usually skeletal papers without MEAT (IDEAS).

2. The 11-Minute Essay Does being in Special Education limit your future career choices?

3. STEP 1 You will be writing on the following prompt. Write an essay telling how participating in school clubs and sports can help you be successful outside of school

4. STEP 2 Brainstorm and write for ONE minute to answer the question: What are extracurricular activities?

5. Take a breath and indent. Write one positive result of participating in extracurricular activities and then provide an example History- Try think of a famous person who did this (past or present). Experience- your own

6. STEP 4 Take a breath and start a new paragraph. Brainstorm and write for THREE minutes about a book or story (literature) that also proves the idea. Use the name of the book or movie as you write about it. From Athlete of the Year (Joey Gilbert)

7. STEP 5 Take a breath and start a new paragraph. Brainstorm and write for THREE minutes about how the idea has been proven true in real life experiences.

8. STEP 6 Take a breath and indent. Tell me what one can learn about being successful in life by participating in extracurricular activities. (teaching moment).

9. STEP 7 Re-read your essay If there is a paragraph that is weak, cross it out... It will only make your essay stronger. Your expository paper will only be 2 Fully Developed Body Paragraphs. So, can you combine a paragraph or do you need to delete a body. No skeletal papers.

10. 4 Paragraphs- DEVELOP Introduction Thesis- use words from prompt!!! Driving force of paper. Body 1- Strong, topic sentence (your point) Supporting details (2) Body 2- Strong topic sentence (your point) ◦Supporting Details Conclusion- refer to prompt