Preparing to Write Informational Essays ResearchBased Informational Writing
Preparing to Write Informational Essays Research-Based Informational Writing Session 4
Greetings from the Court of L. A. W. Today is Tuesday, February 27, 2018. It is a Day 1 A. Homework Reminder Ø Complete the Grammar Review Packet by tomorrow. Ø Complete additional research by Thursday. Today, you will need: Ø Your research materials Ø Writer’s notebook and folder Ø Highlighters
Learning Targets • I CAN… …create an outline for my book and determine what further research is needed to fill in the gaps. …complete the research needed to fill in any gaps. …flash draft a portion of my informational book.
Connection • Yesterday, you began the important process of identifying three (or more) key points that would organize the information you have researched on your topic. • Turn and Talk: • Share the Boxes-and-Bullets plan you have created. • Why have you chosen this plan in this particular order? • Do you need to conduct more research to fill in the gaps?
Link Use today’s class to do the following. Whatever is not finished today must be completed for homework by Thursday. o Complete your Boxes-and-Bullets plan in your notebook. o Complete the process of highlighting your notes to coincide with your three (or more) key points. o Conduct further research to fill in the gaps (if needed). If you have completed all of the above, use today’s class for the following: q. Flash draft your book (or a portion of it) in your notebook. Either start from the Introduction or choose a key point and write a paragraph or two about it, using the information gathered in your notes. Practice all the great writing techniques you’ve developed this year, such as: q Using topic sentences to begin paragraphs q Weaving quoted facts with your own words q Using transitional phrases to connect ideas
Mid-Workshop • Which are correct and incorrect ways of citing Forinformation? example, “I want every girl, every child to be educated. ” According to the article, “A Heroic Return, ” “Malala was shot on her way home from school in Mingora, Pakistan. incorrec t correct incorrec Malala has set up a fund to help educate girls called the t Malala Fund. . In the “Take. Part TV” video, it mentioned how Alex Lin first heard about the dangers of electronic waste when he read a Wall Street correct Journal article about it.
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