Switching from Objective to Subjective: September 17, 2018

Focus: How can we build our topic sentences and start drafting our essays?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Reteaching independent vs. dependent clauses

3. Entering subjective mode by grading a few topic sentences for the response paragraph

4. Composing and peer editing our own topic sentences for the response paragraph

5. Color coding a paragraph of response to understand its structure

• Choose one color for the topic sentence, the sentences of analysis, and the concluding sentence.
• What do you notice about them?

• Choose a second color for the specific pieces of evidence.
• About how many are there? What can you use as "evidence" in a photo?

• Choose a third color for the transitional words.
• When do you need transitional words and phrases?

HW:
1. Start working on your paragraph of response (due before class on Wednesday).

2. Independent reading

Due Date	What’s Due
Thursday, Sep 12	Pre-writing due (Attempt and Completion grade)
Monday, Sep 17	Topic sentences and rough draft of summary due (Growth grade)
Wednesday, Sep 19	Rough draft of response/complete rough draft due (Growth grade)
Tuesday, Sep 25	Printed final draft due (Mastery grade)