W25L4 Essay Parts: Mechanics

Do Now: When you enter class, please...

1. ​​Silently enter and immediately take your seat.

2. Keep all personal electronics away.

3. Take out your chromebook and plug your charger to its nearest power strip.

4. Join our Quizizz game using the game code.

5. In a NEW tab, continue working on IXL's DD.7 and EE.1.

6. ​If you finish, remain silent and raise your hand to be helped by the teacher(s).

7. Stay on task until further notice

objective

SWBAT

• recognize, examine, and compose bridge sentences in introductory paragraphs

• review mechanics for written application

• introduce dependent and independent cls.

• define, identify, and accurately include various topics for strong context sentences

• collaborate with peers to build on strong introduction paragraph and thesis

• develop an understanding of parts of essay, cohesive sentences and paragraphs

criteria for success

your quizizz will:

• be complete and accurate

• be your best effort

• demonstrate active participation

your four square organizer will:

• be your own work and best effort

• demonstrate at least 80% accuracy

• use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation

Multiple Choice

REVIEW:

Although best friends, Leighanne and Jackie often argue over who's right.

Is the group of underlined words a ....

• phrase

• clause

Multiple Choice

REVIEW:

While Gavin and Camden enjoyed camping with Dylan, they wished Colija could have attended.

Is the group of underlined words a ....

• phrase

• clause

Multiple Choice

REVIEW:

Upset that Barrett got the girl, Brendan poured itching powder down Barrett's gym shirt.

Is the group of underlined words a ....

• phrase

• clause

​continued practice: no red ink

​It's time for independent practice on No Red Ink.

​How to Organize your Essay

An appositive is a noun that usually follows and renames or describes another noun or noun phrase.

Example: My best friend, Makenzie, works for a

highly successful nonprofit organization.

​An appositive phrase consists of an appositive and all its modifiers.

Example: The Golden Gate Bridge, the bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, first opened in 1937.

Open Ended

Write an appositive sentence about Ms. Padilla. Be nice!

​How to edit your Essay

A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate.

An independent clause is a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence.

Example: While Ms. Padilla does not make much money, she has paid to take all her students to Disney World.

Example: After, Tanner and Liam will go to the mall.

A dependent clause (or subordinate clause) is not a complete thought. It cannot stand alone as a sentence. It depends on the main sentence.

Example: let's pick up some sandwiches from Axel's Cafe

The clause can stand alone. It is independent.

Example: after Lane gets off work

The clause cannot stand alone. It is dependent.

​independent practice

A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate.

An independent clause is a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence.

Example: While Ms. Padilla does not make much money, she has paid to take all her students to Disney World.

Example: After, Tanner and Liam will go to the mall.

A dependent clause (or subordinate clause) is not a complete thought. It cannot stand alone as a sentence. It depends on the main sentence.

Example: let's pick up some sandwiches from Axel's Cafe

The clause can stand alone. It is independent.

On our graphic organizers, we will reread our sentences and edit grammar and punctuation.

​ how to write an intro

​Introduction:

• Hook: 1-2 sentences that grabs your reader's attention with an intriguing fact, statement, question, vivid detail, or figurative language.

• Context: Educates your reader on the topic

• Bridge: Connects context to thesis

• Thesis: Focus of your essay

​ how to write an intro

​Introduction:

• Hook: 1-2 sentences that grabs your reader's attention with an intriguing fact, statement, question, vivid detail, or figurative language.

• Context: Educates your reader on the topic

• Bridge: Connects context to thesis

• Thesis: Focus of your essay

​ how to write an intro

​Introduction:

• Writing Prompt:

  • Many professional athletes and entertainers earn large sums of money. Do you agree or disagree with these individuals making high salaries? Use specific details and examples to convince others to support your position.

​ how to write an intro

​Hook: What is it about celebrities that make them such desirable people? Could it be their fame? How about their influence? Perhaps it is their fortune. Context: Celebrities are usually famous people, such as professional athletes or entertainers. Many professional athletes and entertainers earn large sums of money.

Bridge: These individuals are known for making overwhelmingly high salaries.

Thesis: However, they should/should not...

​How to bridge the gap

• Thesis: It is better to take risks than remain cautious because life requires risks, we can learn from mistakes, risks lead to self-improvement.

​Hook: Should we take risks?

Context: To take risks means to commit to an act that may have either a positive or negative outcome, but may render a hefty reward.

​How to bridge the gap

• Thesis: It is better to take risks than remain cautious because life requires risks, we can learn from mistakes, risks lead to self-improvement.

​Hook: Should we take risks?

Context: To take risks means to commit to an act that may have either a positive or negative outcome, but may render a hefty reward.

​Sentence starters:

• With insert topic, it is important to remember...

• This relates to the purpose of insert topic because...

• It is important to understand insert topic because...

Multiple Choice

Hook: Should people take risks or is it better to be careful all the time?

Context: To take risks means to commit to an act that may have either a positive or negative outcome, but may render a hefty reward.

Bridge: ______________________________

Thesis: Ultimately, it is better to take risks than remain cautious because life requires risks, we can learn from mistakes, risks lead to self-improvement

• Some people argue that risk-taking is for the careless while others attest to society's need for risk-takers should society desire further advancement.

• This one time, my Uncle Bob took a risk and played the stock market. It was pretty risky. Admittedly, he knew not of what he was doing. Still, he took a chance and played the market. He bet it all. All his money. All his savings. All his valuables, and lost!

• I wanted a hefty reward when I was at Kroger this one time. I played the claw crane to try and win a teddy bear inside the machine.

Multiple Choice

Prompt: What improvement would make your community better?

Hook: Should individuals have a say in how to build their communities?

Context: A community is a place where a group of people live.

Bridge: ______________________________

Thesis: To improve my community, I would add a state-of-the-art simulator because it's better than a recreation center, it's futuristic, and it's artificial.

• This relates to the purpose of community improvement because community is a feeling of fellowship with others as a result of sharing common interests.

• This relates to the purpose of community improvement because with any shared location wherein people with conflicting interests must peacefully co-exist, people are happier when they have a say in their community makeup.

• This relates to the purpose of community improvement because wouldn't you want to chime in on how to make your community better?

Open Ended

Prompt: Do you agree or disagree with the school board extending the school day?

Hook: It is four o'clock, and you just got home from exhaustively enduring nine hours of schooling; would you want to add more school time?

Context: To add more school time means to make school days even longer.

Bridge: ______________________________

Thesis: While school is important, the school board should not extend the school day because REASON #1, REASON #2, and REASON #3.

​collaborate

Work in groups to brainstorm your Four Square Graphic Organizer.

While you are working together to help each other think and provide feedback, you are not writing the same information.

Your assignment is your own work and will be graded by individual.

​Writing Prompts: Choose ONE.

1. People sometimes say that failure can eventually lead to success. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use specific examples to convince others to support your position.

2. Think about how daily life, from reading to playing games to communicating with others, has changed over the past hundred years because of technology. Using specific details and examples, explain how these advancements in technology have changed daily life. 

3. Where is one place in the world you would like to visit? Explain why you would want to visit this place, and what you would want to do or see once you arrive. Include specific details and examples in your response.