Monday, January 27, 2014

I can...

• determine a topic for writing
• brainstorm subtopics
• create a "working" controlling idea
• use absolutes to describe an imagined scene

Please have out the following:

• your Reader's Notebook (Notes on Reading)
• Independent Reading Log #19
• Article of the Week 2.1

Opening:
1. Submit your Independent Reading Log (tuck into your Notes on Reading where you have 2-3 entries for last week.)

2. Form groups of four or five and discuss AoW.2.1

3. Hand out: Article of the Week 2.2 and new Independent Reading Log

Be sure to complete the new Article of the Week by Thursday.

Work Period:
4. Take our your Writing Workshop packet

• What is our topic?
• What subtopics should we consider for our essay?
• What is our controlling idea?

5. In your groups:

• Brainstorm subtopics
• Determine organization of subtopics
• Draft a controlling idea (a single sentence that determines your opinion on the topic and a direction your essay will take)

6. As a large group, we'll choose one controlling idea and draft the essay tomorrow during class.

Closing:

7. Film Clip: Absolutes in Action sequences (Description #3 in Brush Strokes packet)

Homework: 

Complete Description #4 as it instructs in the Brush Strokes packet.