Text-Based Writing Essays - Writing, Human Communication

Text-Based Writing Learning Targets Students will be able to unpack a writing prompt Students will be able to understand the connection between unpacking the prompt and establishing a purpose for reading Students will be able to create a controlling idea Students will be able to create an effective essay plan Students will be able to identify the elements of an academic paragraph Role of the Reader Unpack the prompt Establish a purpose for reading Read and mark text Unpacking the Prompt Establishing a Purpose for Reading Circle the verbs Underline the nouns Create a t-chart Establish a purpose for reading unpacking the prompt Write an explanatory essay in which you analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in each story propel the action to a similar resolution. {5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A} SKILLS (What do I need to be able to DO) KNOWLEDGE (What do I need to KNOW) Write Analyze an explanatory essay how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in each story propel the action to a similar resolution style.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibility Purpose for reading Write an explanatory essay in which you analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in each story propel the action to a similar resolution. Based on the unpacked writing task, the students need to mark the text for ONE or BOTH: How the dialogue in each story propel the action to a similar resolution How the incidents in each story propel the action to a similar resolution Role of the Writer Create a controlling idea Plan the response Write essay Creating a controlling idea /Thesis statement The deceitful incidents in both fables, The Three Spinners and The Lazy Spinner by Brothers Grimm, propel the action to a similar resolution in which both characters are no longer required to complete undesirable tasks. 8th grade OC Writes 1: Write an explanatory essay in which you analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in each story propel the action to a similar resolution. Possible thesis statement: Items to consider: TAG title, author, genre Flipping the prompt style.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibility Possible Planning Method THESIS STATEMENT TOPIC SENTENCE 1 TOPIC SENTENCE 2 EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS TOPIC SENTENCE 3 EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS TOPIC SENTENCE 1 TOPIC SENTENCE 3 EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS TOPIC SENTENCE 2 CONCLUSION - RESTATE THE THESIS STATEMENT Possible Plan The main character in The Three Spinners, uses her cunning nature to prevent her from completing an unwanted chore. The main character in the The Lazy Spinner, carries out tricky ideas to continue her idle behavior. *gave an excuse to the Queen *struck a deal with the three spinners *concealed the spinners *uses manipulation with husband - excuse about no reel *cries He who cuts wood. *boils the tow CONCLUSION RESTATE THE THESIS STATEMENT The deceitful incidents in both fables The Three Spinners, and The Lazy Spinner, by Brothers Grimm propel the action to a similar resolution in which both characters are no longer required to complete undesirable tasks.style.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibilitystyle.visibility Record and Represent Knowledge Use the provided paper to create a possible collaborative plan for the 9th grade writing task. Remember to first unpack the prompt, create a t-chart, and establish a purpose for reading. As a team, please come to consensus before your plan is written on the paper. Each person should choose a different color marker. Every color should be represented on the graphic organizer. Feedback Pass your plan to an adjacent table Read the plan you received Provide feedback on a sticky note Place the sticky note on the back of the plan Pass the plan to another table Repeat the sticky note feedback method Structure An academic paragraph should always begin with the topic and the point that is being made. There should then be a transition, followed by evidence from the text. The evidence should be followed by commentary. Commentary explains how the evidence supports the topic and the point. Again, there should be a transition, followed by evidence from the text. The evidence should again be followed by commentary. For more advanced writers, this could be repeated again. Or, the body paragraph may then be concluded by restating the topic and the point. Academic Sample Example: Grade 10, Collection 1, What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish? Analyzing the Text #7 A theme is an important idea about life or human nature expressed through a storys characters and events. What theme about happiness does this story convey through Sergeis situations and actions and the outcome of events? The short story, What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish? by Etgar Keret conveys the theme