We completed our persuasive essays and completed some peer editing where time allowed. Persuasive essays should be complete for Monday if not done today in class. 8-3 may consider themselves ready for Monday if all body paragraphs are complete. In 8-3 we can draft concluding sentences in class before submitting on Monday.
We continued our work on the persuasive essay topic based on electronic devices in classrooms. Students drafted body paragraphs with specific support to back up their opinions and inferences. We will complete the first draft of this essay in class tomorrow.
We reviewed our essay topic and began drafting opening paragraphs using two supporting ideas and one that overcomes a key objection.
We discussed facts vs. opinions in persuasive essay writing and began our outlines for our own persuasive essays. We will begin our first draft Monday based on the mind maps created in class today.
We discussed persuasive essay writing and identified facts and opinions in samples. Students discussed arguments for contentious issues. We began an examination of a sample persuasive essay and how it impacts our own viewpoint before and after reading.
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