Agenda 10/17-10/18

1. Academic Language (practice with vocabulary)

2. Point of View (notes)

3. Cause and Effect (notes)

Read: \"Finding Miracles\"

Break

4. Time to write 5 paragraph essay, due Monday, 10/21. Details below.

Turn in Planet Earth Revision.

Brief 5 Paragraph Essay Explanation

Paragraph 1:

General comment about ALL organizations or people (general statement)

What organization have you researched?

Who are they? Why are they important?

What are they doing specifically(three things)?

Paragraph 2:

Topic sentence about the FIRST of the three things you listed.

Describe

Conclude by rewording the topic sentence of THIS paragraph

Paragraph 3:                                                                                                      

Topic sentence about the SECOND of the three things you listed.

Describe

Conclude by rewording the topic sentence of THIS paragraph

Paragraph 4:

Topic sentence about the THIRD thing you listed.

Describe

Conclude by rewording the topic sentence of THIS paragraph

Paragraph 5:

Thesis (organization and the three things they are doing)

What other organizations are doing

Why organizations should help or why organizations are important

Start the conclusion very specific, and then slowly make it more vague. Last sentence of your conclusion should be very general.

Spellilng Test #3 tomorrow

Spelling Packet #3 due tomorrow