Monday, March 9, 2020

3/9

HW due Tuesday: 

1. Bring choice silent reading material to class tomorrow.

2. You all made great progress on your persuasive essays in class today. Continue working on your essay for another 15 minutes tonight. Consider any of the following mini-lessons we have done while you work:


IMPORTANT PARTS OF A PERSUASIVE ESSAY!!!

Essay Transition Words (use at least 3 in your essay)




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Thursday, March 5, 2020

3/5

HW due Friday:

Complete one of the following 4 HW options for tomorrow. You can choose which one:

1. Read for 20 minutes. Write down what you read and what stood out to you about it and why. Include an image and a caption from an important moment of your reading.
2. Read a choice article on NewsELA that you find relevant and engaging. Write a 3 sentence summary of what you read and the name of the article.
3. Write a persuasive paragraph convincing me of something related to life in Room 211
4. Write 8 bars about your Thursday
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Persuasive Essay Writing

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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

3/3

HW due Wednesday: 


2. Is anyone going lead our "What's been inspiring you lately?" for First Thoughts tomorrow???
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

3/2

Welcome to the month of March folks.

HW due Tuesday: 
1. Bring silent reading material to school tomorrow

2. Persuasive Writing --- spend 16 minutes working on your Water is Life persuasive essay. Do you know your topic and claim? Were you able to complete most of the Brainstorm Research Graphic Organizer?Do you have enough evidence from multiple valid sources to support your claim? Were you able to access any valuable evidence from the Room 211 - Shared Class Research? If you can answer yes to all of the above, you are ready to begin focusing on your Persuasive Essay - GRAPHIC ORGANIZER. Begin by focusing on your thesis statement and topic sentences. 


Credible Sources Google Form 


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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

2/25

HW due Wednesday:

1. Thesis Statements Practice - Write 3 thesis statements on the subject of your choice about essays you could in theory write. Consider our notes below:

Thesis Statements Notes

  • The thesis statement is like the MAP to your essay… when a person reads the thesis statement, they should know what the rest of the essay is going to be about
  • It introduces and summarizes the entire argument
  • Within the thesis statement we should see an introduction to what each body paragraph will be about
  • IT SHOULD BE ARGUABLE
  • Last sentence of the first introductory paragraph
  • Avoid use of I/we/us/our


Topic Sentences NOTES:

  • Like a thesis statement, but just for one body paragraph
  • First sentence of the body paragraph
  • It should be arguable
  • Avoid use of I/we/us/me/our
  • States the main point of the paragraph and…how it connects to the entire essay


Michael's example thesis statement that he did not want to write: 

Although Michael would STRONGLY disagree and has evidence to prove it, Haviva is better than Michael in Connect 4 BECAUSE she claims to have a better record and has more daily practice. 
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Water is Life


WATER IS LIFE PERSUASIVE ESSAY TOPICS - POTENTIAL OPTIONS: 

  • Middle school students should or should not have a month long “Water is Life unit.”
  • Students in Portland should or should not visit the Columbia Wastewater Treatment Plant.
  • It is or is not important to know about Portland’s water systems.
  • Mercy Corps is or is not working to address water issues both locally and globally
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