For those of you who may be having difficulty with your thesis statements:
This is a great example–take the time to review it during the next three days.
Here are your writing organizers for the essay.
frolio writing How a paragraph works
frolio writing Paragraph Organizer body 1
You must read chapters 9 and 10 by Thursday, the 18th, not Wednesday. Your comprehension quiz will be on Thursday.
Don’t forget that you have a comprehension quiz tomorrow….
Wednesday, Jan. 17: You will be responsible for reading chapters 9 and 10 by Wednesday, when you will have another comprehension quiz.
After Wednesday, you will have until Monday to finish the book. We will begin writing the essays on Wednesday, Jan 24.
The following information should be clearly recorded in your class notebooks for this weekend’s reading:
Active reading focus: I expect to see this information clearly and neatly recorded in your notebooks.
1). List the most important event of each chapter.
2). Identify topics
3). Ask questions (minimum three per chapter). Use the question starter handout to create your questions.
