Today we went over the 2nd set of powerboxes.  Afterwards, students had about 15 minutes to work on today's assignment, which will be due tomorrow (Friday).  That assignment needs to be in finalized form, of both sets of power boxes.  Still only power 1s and 2s.

Today students handed in the 2nd set of quotes.  Now we are starting on our powerboxes.  Due tomorow is one set of power boxes...only P1s and P2s.

Remember that power 1s need to have:
Transition word
Position (lady or tiger)
Point of the paragraph (likely an emotion like jealousy, hatred, love)

Power 2s need to have:
Transition word
Point of the paragraph
Quote from the story

"The Lady or the Tiger" story can be found HERE


Using your 6, or more, parts from the story that support your decision about which door, now decide how you can group those into 2 paragraphs as your main details.  But that is NOT your assignment for the weekend.  For your assignment, that is due Tuesday, pick another 2 of your quotes and explain why they prove your position on what choice was made. 

We talked about this way of thinking in class:

Position:  Lady or Tiger

Quote from the story:___________________

What does the quote mean/infer?

How does this support your position?

 
The ‘quotes’ from the story are phenomenal evidence to support your claim. Expand on those by using logic and personal experience.

Example: “Never before had anyone dared to love the daughter of the king!” This shows that the act of dating the king’s daughter was a crime. And in doing so, the man tempted fate. It showed that he loved the princess so much, that he was willing to risk his life.

"The Lady or the Tiger" story can be found HERE

Using your 6, or more, parts from the story that support your decision about which door, now decide how you can group those into 2 paragraphs as your main details.  But that is NOT your assignment for the weekend.  For your assignment, that is due Monday, pick 2 of your quotes and explain why they prove your position on what choice was made.

The ‘quotes’ from the story are phenomenal evidence to support your claim. Expand on those by using logic and personal experience.

Example: “Never before had anyone dared to love the daughter of the king!” This shows that the act of dating the king’s daughter was a crime. And in doing so, the man tempted fate. It showed that he loved the princess so much, that he was willing to risk his life.

Students had 20 minutes to work on this in class.  The following will be due Friday:

Using the short Story by Frank Stockton, "The Lady or the Tiger," decide which came out…the lady or the tiger. If you need to re read the story, you can find it HERE.

Due Tomorrow, come up with your side/position and 6 details from the story to support your claim.

Focus on details from the story to support your side. You may also use personal experience.

You will eventually write a multi paragraph essay citing evidence from the story to support your claims.

This will be written the same way you would write a persuasive essay since you are essentially persuading the reader to side with you.

Remember when you use sentences from the short story, to put them in quotes.
Example: In the story, it stated that, "The semi-barbaric king had a daughter…"
The quoted section comes directly from the short story and therefore you need to put it in quotes.

We will be doing individual writing conferences this week.  Today, students received their 5 paragraph paper back to assess.  In the subsequent days, we will talk about the good and the bad...mostly good I hope.

 

Here are the questions they needed to answer for tomorrow.  The ones in the yellow are to be written. 

 

Before we meet, here is what I need from you:

1. Mark the paragraph that you think is your “best” by placing a star next to it.

2. Tell me why another paragraph is not your best.  Be sure to explain.

3. Put a star next to your intro or conclusion to tell me which one you want me to focus on.

4. Tell me “why” the other was not as good.

Due on Monday is the final draft of their resolution/goal paper.  Students had 15 minutes Thursday to work on it and about 35 minutes today.

IF you need to email your paper to me, please copy/paste the text into the message body.  DO NOT attach a document.  I often do not have the most updated programs, or the program you created it with.  My email is:

roger.thompson@mead354.org

Write your fifth paragraph, which is the conclusion. This is due tomorrow (Thursday)

 

nIt should restate the topic and sum it up in a meaningful way. 

nIt is much like the introduction, but you can bring in “predictions” or the “importance” in succeeding. 

 

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nWrite your first paragraph, introducing the topic. This will be due tomorrow (Wednesday)

nWrite your first paragraph, introducing the topic.

nThe first paragraph introduces the topic in an interesting way

nMake it more exciting by beginning with a question or a startling statement

nUse a scenario or anecdote of a success story of those that who have set goals

nWrite your fourth paragraph. It should describe your resolution about school and/or the outside world, and tell why you are making it. This is due tomorrow...as in Tuesday.

 

nThis should include the following:

nTransition word

nWhat the resolution is

nWhy it’s important to you

nWhat steps you are going to take to achieve it

nWrite your third paragraph (second body). It should describe your family or friends goal/resolution, and tell why you are making it. This is due Monday.

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nThis should include the following:

nTransition word

nWhat the resolution is

nWhy it’s important to you

nWhat steps you are going to take to achieve it

nWrite your second paragraph (first body). It should describe your personal improvement promise and tell why you are making it.

 

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nThis should include the following:

• nTransition word
• nWhat the resolution is
• nWhy it’s important to you
• nWhat steps you are going to take to achieve it

Today we talked about resolutions.  Their assignment was to come up with 2 for each category that are measurable.  This will be due tomorrow.

nOne sort of resolution has to do only with oneself. You might decide to stop eating candy, to exercise more, or to watch less TV. 

 

nOther resolutions might involve family or friends. You could resolve to be more patient with your little brother, to be more helpful to your mom, or not to get into fights with your friends. 

 

nSome resolutions are about school and the outside world, such as getting to class on time, trying for better grades, or not teasing the neighbor's dog.