3rd Six Weeks

Week 1

   November 7-11 , 2016

"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Stone upon stone is the structure built."

MONDAY, November 7 

* Staff development: Unlocking the Secret, MPC, 8:00-4:00

TUESDAY, November 8

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Friendships of Abraham Lincoln

* Show the students again the structure of the expository essay and the strategies that accompany those:introduction-the attention grabbers; body-reason, explanation, example, link (REEL); conclusion-insight,rephrase,summary,advice (IRSA), concrete, abstract (CA)

* Show the strategies at work in a model essay.

* Show more examples of accomplished essays from scoring guide and point out how the authors successfully used the strategies.

WEDNESDAY, November 9

* Great Lives, Great Deeds on Lincoln

* Continue the expository essay modeling

   * Students now brainstorm a prompt.

   * A mini-lesson on magnifying: picking one topic

   

     THURSDAY, November 10

    * Great Lives, Great Deeds on Lincoln

    * Students outline the brainstormed ideas.

    * A mini-lesson on telescoping: staying on topic

    

    FRIDAY,November 11

    * Great Lives, Great Deeds on Lincoln

    * Students start writing the first draft.

EXPOSITORY STRUCTURE