Focus: How can we keep our essays focused?
Objective: Students will use signpost sentences to focus and unify an essay.
1. Independent reading.
2. Reading log (Analyze what you read using a quotation.)
3. We discussed the importance of using signposts--such as a thesis statement and topic sentences--in writing.
4. We learned the requirements for our Analyze Anything assignment and looked together at student examples.
5. We began working individually on our Analyze Anything essays.
Homework: No homework.
Objective: Students will use signpost sentences to focus and unify an essay.
1. Independent reading.
2. Reading log (Analyze what you read using a quotation.)
3. We discussed the importance of using signposts--such as a thesis statement and topic sentences--in writing.
4. We learned the requirements for our Analyze Anything assignment and looked together at student examples.
5. We began working individually on our Analyze Anything essays.
Homework: No homework.