Reminder!

Bring earbuds for the I Ready testing tomorrow! 

Essay Writing Continued...

We have continued to work on our 5 paragraph expository essay this week with a focus on Motivators, Thesis Statements, Transitions, and Super Clinchers.  

We will be in a computer lab (520) on Monday and Tuesday to revise our rough drafts (due Monday) 

and complete our final copies.  

Essays are officially due at the end of the period on Friday 9/27.  

Next Wednesday and Thursday we will be completing our 9th grade IReady assessments and then we are finally on to Figurative Language and Short Stories!  

The following is a video clip about "How to Write a Hook" that we used in class.  

Our rubric is attached below as well.  

Have a Great Weekend!  

Expository Essay Rubric 2013

Essay writing

Over the next few weeks we will be working on well-developed paragraph writing and the 5 paragraph essay. While these are skills that our students hopefully begin the year with, we use this time to ensure that we all have the same definition of what makes a solid essay at the high school level.

I have almost finished the summer reading essays and they will begin appearing in Progress Book this week and weekend. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Here are some documents that we are using for this unit:
Fatal Errors list
Fatal Errors Practice
MLA Format
Well-developed Paragraph Rubric