Tuesday, August 15 - AM Advanced

Textbook:  Writing Power 1 and Writing Power 2

SLO:

1.  Given a topic, write a well-written topic sentence with a topic and main idea.

2. Identify the 3 parts of a well-written paragraph.

3. When given a topic sentence, write 3 supporting sentences.

4. When given a paragraph, write a concluding sentence using words from the topic sentence.

Objective was to make sure students realize the three parts of a paragraph and to be able to recognize them:  Topic Sentence

                            Body

                            Conclusion

1.   Introduction of students and teacher

2.  Talk about Pet Peeves.  Explain they need to be able to explain WHY something is a pet  peeve.

3. On board write about my pet peeve:  Cars leaving a gap when stopped at a red light.

List the three reasons this “bugs” me:

     A.  I am unable to turn right on red because the cars are blocking me.

     B.  It takes extra time to resume driving because it takes longer to get through the                    light.

      C.  I probably waste gas AND time at such a red light.

1.  Ask former students to list the three parts of a paragraph.  (Explain they’ve just seen me “brainstorming” the second part of the paragraph.)

2.  List topics on board and ask students to “brainstorm” 3 reasons explaining their feelings about 3 of the listed topics:

     A.  My Pet Peeve

     B.  Ways to Save Money

      C.  My Favorite Season

     D.  Advantages of Renting Rather than Buying

     E.  Yesterday was the Worst Day of my Life

     F.  My Favorite Relative

1.  While students brainstorm 3 of the topics,  I will write out the paragraph about my pet peeve.

2. Students will share some of their thoughts on the topics they chose.

3. Students will observe the paragraph, and figure out the topic sentence, the 3 body ideas, and the conclusion.

4. Students will be given a ditto of 4 short paragraphs.  Together, we will all highlight the topic sentence with a pink marker.  We will find the 3 “reasons” that make up the body and highlight them in yellow.  Then we will highlight the conclusion in blue.

5. The remaining three paragraph markings will be discussed.

6. Students will now choose one of the three topics they brainstormed earlier and write a paragraph about it.