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Informative Essay

New due date to change at the top of your packet - Wednesday 12/20 (Even) - Thursday 12/21 (Odd)

Multiple Choice

What is the topic of our essay?

• Write an informative essay about survival instincts

• Write an informative essay about the qualities of a survivor

• Write an argumentative essay about the qualities of a survivor

• Write a narrative essay about a character surviving

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of our essay?

• to persuade readers to go out and get trapped on a roof for 3 days

• to entertain the audience with tales of characters survival

• to inform the audience about why these qualities are NOT important

• to inform the audience about why these qualities are important

Multiple Choice

Who is our audience reading this?

• Students (School blog)

• Teachers (School blog)

• Teenagers (this isn't it)

• Mrs. Arcieri

Multiple Choice

What order do we write our introduction paragraph in?

• Hook - Thesis - Background Info

• Hook - Background Info - Thesis

• Background Info - Thesis - Hook

• Thesis - Thesis - Hook

Open Ended

What hook did you choose for your essay? (hint, refer to your packet for what you have written)

Example of a decent introductory paragraph...

Survivors are individuals who exhibit exceptional qualities in the face of adversity. Drawing inspiration from three powerful mentor texts such as "from Into the Lifeboat" featuring Violet Jessop, "A Long Walk to Water" with Salva Dut, and "from Ninth Ward" featuring Lanesha. This essay aims to explore the characteristics that define a survivor and the crucial importance of possessing the qualities of (YOUR 3 QUALITIES).

In exploring these mentor texts the qualities of resilience, perseverance, and resourcefulness showcase the foundation of a survivor's identity.

Example 2

This essay aims to explore the characteristics that define a survivor and the crucial importance of possessing the qualities of (YOUR 3 QUALITIES).

Example 1

Two examples of thesis statements

Draw

Brain break: Draw yourself and your bestie(s) in one of the scenarios our protagonists have gone through (On a sinking ship, walking through the desert, trapped on a roof)

Multiple Choice

How many body paragraphs do you need in this essay?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Open Ended

What writing method should you use in each body paragraph? (hint: It's an acronym...on the board...to the right of the screen...)

R.A.C.E.
R- Restate: It can look like re introducing the protoganist with their chosen quality of survival.

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Example of body paragraphs

R.A.C.E.
A- Answer: It is tied into the R to create one sentence.

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Example of body paragraphs

R.A.C.E.
C- Cite: You must lead into the evidence and quote directly from the text. Make it flow!

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Example of body paragraphs

R.A.C.E.
E- Explain: This is where you have to explain how that quality helped them survive or why it was so important in their survival.

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Example of body paragraphs

Multiple Select

Which one of these is a step in the R.A.C.E writing method?

• Restate

• Answer

• Cite

• Explain