Tuesday, April 16 - AM Advanced
Pass out handout Paragraph Writing. Read and discuss the three main parts of a paragraph. Read the “constructed” paragraph.
Pass out handout Paragraph Rubric and discuss grading a paragraph using this particular rubric.
Pass out handout Eye Contact in the United States. Grade using the rubric and discuss.
Pass out colored highlighters. Have students highlight the topic sentence in orange, the support in yellow, and the conclusion in green. (For the body part, do not highlight the whole body in yellow. Figure out the three supporting details and highlight them.
Call attention to the two paragraphs on the back of the Eye Contact paragraph. Have students highlight and grade these two paragraph. Be sure to discuss the second paragraph which does not really offer any support to the topic sentence.
Have students write a paragraph using the following topic sentence: My neighbor is wonderful.
Have them highlight the three parts of their own paragraph using orange, yellow and green markers.
Small group which is beginning to work on Five Paragraph Essay: (Tuesday)
Discuss the parts of a 5 Paragraph Essay and note the similarities found in a regular paragraph.
Pass out a rubric for grading 5 paragraph essays.
Pass out handout Become the Teacher where students are to read and score the essay.
Pass out the handout Color Code your Five Paragraph Essay and have students highlight various parts of their essay.
Have students jointly write a 5 paragraph essay using the topic sentence My neighbor is wonderful. First talk about the fact that they are to “show, not tell” that their neighbor is wonderful.. Discuss brainstorming ideas that will show that he/she is fabulous. Show them how to map that out on the board or on a piece of paper, so that they will know what they’re going to write before getting started.
Have the three students put their minds together and come up with one essay about the wonderful neighbor.
