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Welcome back! Grab your journal and write this month’s Words to Live By: z “Good deeds can lead to more good deeds which can lead to more good deeds that will eventually lead back to you!” -Nicolas

z After watching video: § What is the meaning of the quote? Be specific and use your amazing brain! Use examples if you need to.

z Announcements § Reading Due: December 11 th (fourteen days)!!!! § Corrections? Please be staying on top of your grades. YOU are in charge!

z Review § With your teammate, circle AND correct and mistake you notice! § Keep in mind: § § Subject-verb agreement § Tenses § AWUBIS § Commas/semicolons Once done, add two sentences of your own with ANY errors. Switch with your partner and see if they can figure it out!

z § I CAN: write an EXCELLENT body paragraph of an expository essay! § THROUGH: § Strong topic sentences § Meaningful transitions § Appropriate examples § SHOWN BY: editing and rewriting my body paragraph over the importance of considering the needs of others.

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z Thesis: Body Paragraph:

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Your turn! z § 1 st: Look at your body paragraph you’ve already written. § Do you have a topic sentence that explains your thesis and/or tells the reader what the paragraph is about? § Do you have a SPECIFIC example that connects to your topic sentence/thesis and have you explained the connection? § Do you have transition words to make the connections smoother? § 2 nd: Once you’ve made changes, talk about how you will change your paragraph with your partner and give feedback.

z Reflect § Use the rubric. How are you going to change your body paragraph? § What do you need to work on?

z Reading Goals: § I CAN: analyze a biography for specific elements such as author’s purpose, text structure, and summarization. § THROUGH : marking for specific elements such as author’s purpose, text structure, and summarization. § SHOWN BY: marking and analyzing the text with a partner.

z § Review task cards 1 -4 § Notes over structure (3 rd/4 th) § Read “Two Mr. Twains”

z § With a partner: § Underline an opinion found in the story. § Underline the purpose of Twain’s trip to Europe in 1894. § Write a theme for “The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg” in paragraph 6. § Why does the author include details about “The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg” ? § What structure is this written in and how do you know?