DoWhat Success Criteria I can learn about a
Do/What
Success Criteria I can learn about a Do/What chart in order to properly deconstruct a writing prompt. I can create and fill out a Do/What chart in order to properly deconstruct a writing prompt.
Question: ▸ What does it mean to deconstruct a writing prompt?
Do/What is it?
Do/What: What is it? A chart I create in order to deconstruct a writing prompt. It is used to make sure I answer all parts of a writing prompt. I will use for all essays in Literacy
Do/What First, you draw a T-Chart on your sheet of paper. The left side says, “Do. ” The right side says, “What. ” DO WHAT
Do/What ➔ Next, you read the writing prompt. ➔ While doing so, you put all verbs on the “Do” side of the chart. ➔ Then, you put the parts of the sentences that you are actually “doing” on the “What” side of the chart. DO WHAT
Do/What ➔ Example: ➔ Determine theme. DO Determine WHAT theme
TIPS You do NOT need to include the nonessential or “already know this” parts of a writing prompt. Example: Use standard conventions of English. Write an essay.
Do/What - Teacher Completes Please read “The Woman Called Moses” by Walter Oleksy and Meg Mims. In this text, the authors develop several central ideas. After you have read, determine one central idea from the text and write an essay that both summarizes and analyzes how that central idea is conveyed through particular details. Cite evidence from the text to support your analysis. Follow the conventions of standard written English. Write your essay in the space provided on the next pages.
Do/What Please read “The Woman Called Moses” by Walter Oleksy and Meg Mims. In this text, the authors develop several central ideas. After you have read, determine one central idea from the text and write an essay that both summarizes and analyzes how that central idea is conveyed through particular details. Cite evidence from the text to support your analysis. Follow the conventions of standard written English. Write your essay in the space provided on the next pages. DO WHAT Determine One central idea from the text Summarize Analyze How that central idea is conveyed through particular details
Do/What: Answer these questions at the bottom of your note sheet. I will come around to glue in you sheet. Why do you think we are going to use Do/What Charts? How will having a completed Do/What Chart help you when you are reading the text(s) and writing the essay?
Draw out a Do/What T-chart on the next sheet in your comp book. There will be 4 writing prompts, so you need 4 T-charts. The writer of “Beyond Thirst: The Global Water Crisis” introduces a key idea that people all over the world lack access to safe drinking water. Write an essay that summarizes and analyzes how this key idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in the text. Be sure to cite evidence from the text to support your analysis. Follow the conventions of standard written English. Write your essay in the space provided on the next pages.
Do/What Please read “Ingenious Coralbots May Help Restore Coral Reefs” by Meera Dolasia. In this text, the writer develops several central ideas. After you have read, determine one central idea from the text and write an essay that both summarizes and analyzes how that central idea is developed over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details. Cite strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis. Follow the conventions of standard written English. Write your essay in the space provided on the next pages.
Do/What - Individual Student Completes You have read “Tim Cook’s Speech at Steve Jobs Memorial. ” Now determine Cook’s purpose. Write an essay that summarizes and analyzes how he uses rhetoric to advance his purpose. Be sure to cite strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis. Follow the conventions of standard written English. Write your essay in the space provided in the next pages.
Do/What As part of the “war on drugs” and in reaction to an increase in school violence, many schools across the nation now conduct targeted searches of student lockers and backpacks. Although the Supreme Court has ruled that public school officials have the right to search students’ persons and property when they have reasonable cause to suspect weapons or drugs, many people feel this is a gross violation of students’ right to privacy. Others feel that since school officials are responsible for the well-being of students while they are in the building, they have the right to search for drugs or weapons at any time. Argue for one side of the issue. Give reasons with specific evidence from the two texts.
Exit Reflection: Are you confident with creating and completing a Do/What Chart in order to understand what to write about? Why?
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