MONDAY, APRIL 19
Objective: Develop an interesting introduction paragraph that makes it clear to your reader what your essay will be about.
Due: Create your Introduction Paragraph in Informative Performance Task Part 2 (Writeable)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
INSTRUCTIONS:
*Remember, we are all going to build the same essay by the end of this just so you can see how an essay is to be developed. You can use this to study how an Informative Essay is written before the state test. By the end of today, we should all have the same Introduction Paragraph with an interesting hook, transition sentence, and thesis sentence.
Due: Create your Introduction Paragraph in Informative Performance Task Part 2 (Writeable)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
- Can I construct an interesting introduction with a: Creative Hook, Transition Sentence, and Main Topic (Thesis) Sentence?
- Does my essay Introduction Paragraph show my reader what my essay will be about?
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Go to HMH. Go to your Dashboard. Select Writeable. Launch Writeable.
- Click on the assignment: 6th Grade Informative Performance Task Part 2.
- We will develop our Introduction Paragraph together.
- Let’s briefly review the components of an Introduction Paragraph at this LINK. You can also find this in my ELA Resource folder under Resources.
- We will construct an Introduction Paragraph together based on the Main Topic (Thesis) sentence we created yesterday.
- I want everyone to take about 5-7 minutes to try to develop an interesting hook. This should be around 3-5 sentences. We will use the student’s hook that I choose. You will all type this hook into Writeable. This is how your essay will begin.
- Go ahead and type the Main Topic/Thesis from yesterday after the hook.
- But we need a transition sentence now in between the Hook and the Thesis. Try to develop a transition sentence or two. I will choose a student’s transition sentence. We will then type this in together after our Hook and before our Thesis.
*Remember, we are all going to build the same essay by the end of this just so you can see how an essay is to be developed. You can use this to study how an Informative Essay is written before the state test. By the end of today, we should all have the same Introduction Paragraph with an interesting hook, transition sentence, and thesis sentence.
TUESDAY, APRIL 20
Objective: Develop an outline for an informative essay claim (body) paragraph.
Due: Informative Essay Claim 1 Paragraph Outline (in Google Class)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Due: Informative Essay Claim 1 Paragraph Outline (in Google Class)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
- Do I understand how to use my first claim and turn it into my topic sentence?
- Am I able to structure my claim (body) paragraph with a topic sentence, 3 supporting details, and citing 3 sentences of text evidence to support each detail?
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Go to Google class and look at your Informative Essay Thesis.
- Look at the first claim.
- Open up the Google class document: Informative Essay Claim 1 Paragraph Outline. It is very important that you are developing an outline on any essay you do whether on a state test or not. You need to organize your thoughts and the structure. Please remember to outline before doing a Part 2 Performance Task.
- Now try to develop a topic sentence for the first claim (body) paragraph. We will use one student’s topic sentence and all will copy.
- Now let’s work through the outline to build this first paragraph. We need at least 2 supporting details, but we will try for 3 supporting details and each detail needs at least one text evidence sentence to support that detail.
- Develop a conclusion sentence.
- We will all create the same body paragraph outline. You are using this for your notes in order to know how to successfully write an informative essay.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
Objective: Develop an outline for an informative essay claim (body) paragraph.
Due: Informative Essay Claim 2 Paragraph Outline (in Google Class)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Due: Informative Essay Claim 2 Paragraph Outline (in Google Class)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
- Do I understand how to use my second claim and turn it into my topic sentence?
- Am I able to structure my claim (body) paragraph with a topic sentence, 3 supporting details, and citing 3 sentences of text evidence to support each detail?
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Go to Google class and look at your Informative Essay Thesis.
- Look at the second claim.
- Open up the Google class document: Informative Essay Claim 2 Paragraph Outline. It is very important that you are developing an outline on any essay you do whether on a state test or not. You need to organize your thoughts and the structure. Please remember to outline before doing a Part 2 Performance Task.
- Now try to develop a topic sentence for the second claim (body) paragraph. We will use one student’s topic sentence and all will copy.
- Now let’s work through the outline to build this first paragraph. We need at least 2 supporting details, but we will try for 3 supporting details and each detail needs at least one text evidence sentence to support that detail.
- Develop a conclusion sentence.
- We will all create the same body paragraph outline. You are using this for your notes in order to know how to successfully write an informative essay.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22
Objective: Develop an outline for an informative essay claim (body) paragraph.
Due: Finish any work from Informative Essay Claim 1 or 2 Paragraph Outlines (in Google Class)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Due: Finish any work from Informative Essay Claim 1 or 2 Paragraph Outlines (in Google Class)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
- Am I able to structure my claim (body) paragraphs with a topic sentence, 3 supporting details, and citing 3 sentences of text evidence to support each detail?
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Finish any work needed on Informative Essay Claim 1 or Claim 2 Paragraph Outlines in Google class.
- If finished with both paragraph outlines, we will review the Multivitamin Performance Task and look at exemplars.
- We will also examine some that did not do well. I want you to try to figure out what parts of an informative essay the person was missing. Or was the student off on the directions? Did the student write enough? Is it organized? Does it make sense? Look at your outline and criteria checklist. What parts are missing to have made these essays complete.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
CHECK THAT YOUR WORK IS COMPLETE AND SUBMITTED.
- ASSIGNMENTS DUE BY 1PM TODAY -
MONDAY -
- ASSIGNMENTS DUE BY 1PM TODAY -
MONDAY -
- Introduction Paragraph (Writeable)
- Informative Essay Claim 1 Paragraph Outline (Google Class)
- Informative Essay Claim 2 Paragraph Outline (Google Class)